"tuan" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: /tuan/, [tu.wan] (note: glide-sporadic) Forms: توان [Jawi], tuan-tuan [plural], tuanku [first-person, informal, possessive], tuanmu [possessive, second-person], tuannya [possessive, third-person]
Rhymes: -uan, -wan, -an Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (“deity”). Doublet of tuhan. Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*qatuan||deity}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (“deity”), {{doublet|ms|tuhan}} Doublet of tuhan Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=توان}} tuan (Jawi spelling توان, plural tuan-tuan, informal 1st possessive tuanku, 2nd possessive tuanmu, 3rd possessive tuannya)
  1. master, lord Categories (topical): Titles
    Sense id: en-tuan-ms-noun-oY8IK~Re Disambiguation of Titles: 79 21 Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Malay terms with redundant script codes: 87 13
  2. mister (title of adult male) Synonyms: encik
    Sense id: en-tuan-ms-noun-6swx~UZT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ketuanan [abstract (alt: ke-an), locative] (ke-an) (alt: ke-an), pertuan [causative passive] (alt: peR-), bertuan [stative (alt: beR-), habitual] (beR-) (alt: beR-)

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "ke-an",
      "word": "ketuanan [abstract"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "ke-an",
      "roman": "ke-an",
      "word": "locative]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "peR-",
      "word": "pertuan [causative passive]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "beR-",
      "word": "bertuan [stative"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "beR-",
      "roman": "beR-",
      "word": "habitual]"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "tuan"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: tuan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: tuan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nan",
            "2": "緞",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "master, mister",
            "tr": "toān"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Min Nan: 緞/缎 (toān, “master, mister”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Min Nan: 緞/缎 (toān, “master, mister”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*qatuan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "deity"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (“deity”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "tuhan"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of tuhan",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (“deity”). Doublet of tuhan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "توان",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuan-tuan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuanku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuanmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuannya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "j": "توان"
      },
      "expansion": "tuan (Jawi spelling توان, plural tuan-tuan, informal 1st possessive tuanku, 2nd possessive tuanmu, 3rd possessive tuannya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "ms:Titles",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "master, lord"
      ],
      "id": "en-tuan-ms-noun-oY8IK~Re",
      "links": [
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "lord",
          "lord"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mister (title of adult male)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tuan-ms-noun-6swx~UZT",
      "links": [
        [
          "mister",
          "mister"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "encik"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tuan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tu.wan]",
      "note": "glide-sporadic"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uan"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-wan"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tuan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Malay 2-syllable words",
    "Malay doublets",
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay nouns",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Malay terms with redundant script codes",
    "Rhymes:Malay/an",
    "Rhymes:Malay/uan",
    "Rhymes:Malay/uan/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Malay/wan",
    "ms:Titles"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "ke-an",
      "word": "ketuanan [abstract"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ke-an",
      "roman": "ke-an",
      "word": "locative]"
    },
    {
      "alt": "peR-",
      "word": "pertuan [causative passive]"
    },
    {
      "alt": "beR-",
      "word": "bertuan [stative"
    },
    {
      "alt": "beR-",
      "roman": "beR-",
      "word": "habitual]"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "tuan"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: tuan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: tuan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nan",
            "2": "緞",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "master, mister",
            "tr": "toān"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Min Nan: 緞/缎 (toān, “master, mister”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Min Nan: 緞/缎 (toān, “master, mister”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*qatuan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "deity"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (“deity”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "tuhan"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of tuhan",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (“deity”). Doublet of tuhan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "توان",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuan-tuan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuanku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuanmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuannya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "توان"
      },
      "expansion": "tuan (Jawi spelling توان, plural tuan-tuan, informal 1st possessive tuanku, 2nd possessive tuanmu, 3rd possessive tuannya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "master, lord"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "lord",
          "lord"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mister (title of adult male)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mister",
          "mister"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "encik"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tuan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tu.wan]",
      "note": "glide-sporadic"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uan"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-wan"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tuan"
}

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