overwordExplorer
INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

turun.

to go down; to alight; to descend

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈturun/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪u.rʊn]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to go down; to alight; to descend

    intransitive
    turun tangga
  2. to decrease, to decline

    intransitive
  3. to get off

    intransitive
  4. to end

    intransitive
  5. to fall

    intransitive
  6. to be received

    colloquial · intransitive
  7. to take to the dance floor; to take to the stage

    colloquial · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Malay turun, from Classical Malay turun (“descend”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuʀun (“to descend, go down; to lower”). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦸꦫꦸꦤ꧀ (turun, “to copy”) for sense of to copy.

verb/ˈturun/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪u.rʊn]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to copy

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Malay turun, from Classical Malay turun (“descend”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuʀun (“to descend, go down; to lower”). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦸꦫꦸꦤ꧀ (turun, “to copy”) for sense of to copy.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

turun has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

turun studioturun workshello, turun

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.