lestarikan
Malay
Etymology
Affixation of lestari + -kan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lestarikan/, /ləs-/
- Hyphenation: lés‧ta‧ri‧kan, les-
- Rhymes: -kan, -an
Verb
lestarikan (Jawi spelling لستاريکن)
- (transitive) To preserve.
- Synonyms: pulihara, kekalkan
- Susah melestarikan hutan dengan polisi kini.
- It's hard to preserve forests with the current policies.
Related terms
Further reading
- “melestarikan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.