patahan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed patah +‎ -an. The sense “fault” is a semantic loan from Dutch breuk (“fault”, literally “fracture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtahan/
• Rhymes: -an, -n
• Hyphenation: pa‧tah‧an

Noun

patahan (plural patahan-patahan, first-person possessive patahanku, second-person possessive patahanmu, third-person possessive patahannya)

1. (seismology) fault: A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

   Synonym: sesar

Further reading

• “patahan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.