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tahun.

year:

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtahun/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪a.hʊn]Standard-Indonesian
  1. year: a solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference)

  2. year: the time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star

  3. year: a period between set dates that mark a year, from 1 January to 31 December by the Gregorian calendar, from 1 Tishiri to 29 Elul by the Jewish calendar, and from 1 Muharram to 29 or 30 Dhu al-Hijjah by the Islamic calendar

  4. year: a scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity

  5. year: a level or grade in school or college

  6. year: the proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan

  7. season (the period of the year when crops can be grown)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay tahun, from Proto-Malayic *tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun (compare Māori tau).

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