Etymology

Affixation of abah (“direction”) +‎ -kanCategory:Malay terms suffixed with -kan#ABAHKAN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.bah.kan]Category:Malay 3-syllable words#ABAHKANCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAHKAN

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    Category:Malay terms with audio pronunciation#ABAHKAN
• Hyphenation: a‧bah‧kan

Verb

abahkan (Jawi spelling ابهکن, formal active mengabahkan, 3rd person passive diabahkan)Category:Malay lemmas#ABAHKANCategory:Malay verbs#ABAHKANCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#ABAHKANCategory:Pages with entries#ABAHKANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ABAHKAN

1. (transitiveCategory:Malay transitive verbs#ABAHKAN) To point something towards.

References

• “abahkan” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 2.
• "mengabahkan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017