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puan.

Mrs, madam, ma'am

4 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpuan/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpu.an]Standard-Indonesian
  1. Mrs, madam, ma'am

    formal · literary
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay puan, from clipping of perempuan (“female human being; woman”). In sense of a polite form of address for a woman or lady, mostly replaced by nyonya.

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