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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
zaken
- plural of zaak
- business
- affairs, a field of management, such as a political portfolio
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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch zaken (“business; affairs”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
zakên
- (government, politics) professional, technocratic (generally to cabinet).
Noun
zakên
- affair
Peranakan Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch zaken (“business; affairs”).
Noun
zaken
- business; affairs
- Di-sitoelah toean Ezerman, Adviseur voor Chineesche Zaken.[1] ― There is Mr. Ezerman, Advisor for Chinese Affairs.
References
- ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 34