palagan
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Javanese ꦥꦭꦒꦤ꧀ (palagan). Reconstructed as laga + peng- -an.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpalagan (plural palagan-palagan, first-person possessive palaganku, second-person possessive palaganmu, third-person possessive palagannya)
- war.
- Synonym: perang
- battle.
- Synonym: pertempuran
- theater: a region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
- Synonyms: medan perang, medan laga
- arena
- Synonyms: gelanggang, arena
Further reading
edit- “palagan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.