aliran

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay aliran. Equivalent to alir +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈliran/ [aˈli.ran]
• Rhymes: -iran
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ran

Noun

aliran (plural aliran-aliran)

1. Of flowing things.
   1. flow (movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion)
   2. flow (the movement of a real or figurative fluid)
   3. stream (a body of moving water confined by banks)

      Synonym: selokan

   4. stream (any steady flow or succession of material)
   5. current (the generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid)
   6. draft, draught (a current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle)
   7. draft, draught (the draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process)
2. Of a manner of thinking or doing.
   1. (martial arts) style (a particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something)
   2. school, school of thought, ideology doctrine, philosophy (a particular way of thinking)

      Synonyms: paham, haluan, ideologi, pendapat

3. pipeline (a conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc.)
4. (photography) flood, floodlight

Compounds

• aliran alam
• aliran antara
• aliran bawah
• aliran bergolak
• aliran berlapis
• aliran dana
• aliran dasar
• aliran getah
• aliran hilir
• aliran hipersonik
• aliran hulu
• aliran kebatinan
• aliran kemarau
• aliran kepercayaan
• aliran kiri
• aliran laminar
• aliran massa
• aliran permukaan
• aliran sisa
• aliran sitoplasma
• aliran tahunan
• aliran timbul kembali

 

Further reading

• “aliran” 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.

Malay

Pronunciation

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Noun

aliran (Jawi spelling اليرن, plural aliran-aliran, informal 1st possessive aliranku, 2nd possessive aliranmu, 3rd possessive alirannya)

1. flow (of liquids)
2. An ideology
3. (politics) political ideology
4. (religion) religious sect
5. trend
6. (education) scholarly tradition
7. conduit
8. pipeline
9. (education) educational course
10. (education) one of several forms of public school education in Malaysia, such as Islamic schools and ethnic schools (such as for Malays, Chinese, and Indians)

Descendants

• Indonesian: aliran

Further reading

• “aliran” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sundanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian aliran (“current”), with a semantic shift.

Noun

aliran

1. power outage; blackout

Further reading

• Dudu Prawiraatmaja, Achlan Husen, Sukandi, Ice Sutara Kama Yudibrata (1986) Perkembangan Bahasa Sunda Sesudah Perang Dunia II [Post-WWII Development of the Sundanese Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan