penabalan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed tabal (“royal drum”) +‎ peng- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.na.ˈbal.an/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: pê‧na‧bal‧an

Noun

penabalan (plural penabalan-penabalan, first-person possessive penabalanku, second-person possessive penabalanmu, third-person possessive penabalannya)

1. (chiefly Riau, North Sumatra) coronation:
   1. an act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
   2. an act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.

      Tanpa regalia, penabalan seseorang sultan tak sah. ― Without regalia, a person's crowning as sultan is invalid.

      Penabalan Makmun Alrasyid itu seperti menurut kebiasaan dahulu, harus meminta izin dari Sultan Siak. ― Makmun Alrasyid's coronation, as per previous custom, had to ask permission from the Sultan of Siak.

Synonyms

• کمهکوتاءن (kemahkotaan) (Standard Malay)
• pemahkotaan
• penobatan
• ڤرطبلن (pertabalan) (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “penabalan” 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.