pengairan

Indonesian

FWOTD – 7 June 2015

Etymology

From air +‎ peng- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəŋ.a.ʔɪr.an/
• Hyphenation: peng‧air‧an

Noun

pengairan (first-person possessive pengairanku, second-person possessive pengairanmu, third-person possessive pengairannya)

1. irrigation (act or process)

   Synonym: irigasi

   • 2005, Subhani, Ayatullah Ja'far, Bahagiakan Diri Anda dengan Menjadi Orang Sukses, Zahra Publishing House, page 120:

     Pepohonan di tepi pengairan yang tumbuh dalam buaian kenikmatan dan buaian tukang kebun, tak terbiasa dengan masalah dan musibah.

     Trees on irrigated land that grow in a cradle of pleasure and the cradle of a gardener are not accustomed to problems and calamities.

Holonyms

• (irrigation): pertanian

Derived terms

• berpengairan

Related terms

• air, berair, keairan, mengairi, perairan

References

• Departemen Pendidikan Nasional (2011) Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Pusat Bahasa, 4 edition, Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama

Further reading

• Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on pengairan titled Irigasi, a synonym of pengairan which redirects to irigasi on that site.