alasan

== Cebuano == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔaˈlasan/ [ʔɐˈl̪a.s̪ɐn̪] Hyphenation: a‧la‧san === Noun === alasan (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜐᜈ᜔) a reddish-brown horse; a chestnut the color chestnut === Adjective === alasan (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜐᜈ᜔) of the color chestnut == Galician == === Verb === alasan third-person plural present indicative of alasar == Indonesian == === Etymology === By surface analysis, alas (“base”) +‎ an, from Malay alasan, from Classical Malay السن (alasan), from Javanese ꦲꦭꦱꦤ꧀ (alasan, “reason, excuse”), from Old Javanese aleśyan (“on the pretext of”), leśya, liśya (“excuse, pretext”), from Prakrit *lissa, *līsa, *lēssa (“defective”), from Sanskrit लेश (leśa, “figure of speech”), लिश् (liś, “move, go”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈlasan/ [aˈla.san] Rhymes: -asan Syllabification: a‧la‧san === Noun === alasan (plural alasan-alasan) proof argument reason excuse === Further reading === “alasan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === Compound of alas +‎ -an. === Pronunciation === (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA(key): /aˈlasan/ [ʔaˈla.san] Rhymes: -san, -an Hyphenation: a‧la‧san === Noun === alasan (Jawi spelling السن, plural alasan-alasan or alasan2) reason excuse (law) grounds (basis or justification for something) ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: alasan (inherited) === Further reading === "alasan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish alazán, from Arabic أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab, “reddish, reddish-brown”) via Andalusian Arabic. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈsan/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈsan̪] Rhymes: -an Syllabification: a‧la‧san === Adjective === alasán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐᜈ᜔) sorrel === Noun === alasán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐᜈ᜔) sorrel sorrel-colored horse ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “alasan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “alasan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018