Etymology

From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#KEBETULANCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#KEBETULAN kebetulan. Equal to betul +‎ ke- -anCategory:Indonesian terms circumfixed with ke- -an#KEBETULAN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəbəˈt̪ʊlan]Category:Indonesian 4-syllable words#KEBETULANCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#KEBETULAN

Noun

kebetulan (plural kebetulan-kebetulan)Category:Indonesian lemmas#KEBETULANCategory:Indonesian nouns#KEBETULANCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#KEBETULANCategory:Pages with entries#KEBETULANCategory:Pages with 3 entries#KEBETULAN

1. accidental: anything happening accidentally

Adverb

kebetulanCategory:Indonesian lemmas#KEBETULANCategory:Indonesian adverbs#KEBETULANCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#KEBETULANCategory:Pages with entries#KEBETULANCategory:Pages with 3 entries#KEBETULAN

1. accidentally: in an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly; unintentionally

Further reading

• “kebetulan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Etymology

Affixation of betul (“correct, right”) +‎ ke- -anCategory:Malay terms circumfixed with ke- -an#KEBETULAN.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /kəbəˈtolan/ [kə.bəˈt̪o(l).lan]Category:Malay 4-syllable words#KEBETULANCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#KEBETULAN
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /kəbəˈtulan/ [kə.bəˈt̪u(l).lan]Category:Malay 4-syllable words#KEBETULANCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#KEBETULAN
• Hyphenation: ke‧be‧tu‧lan

Adverb

kebetulan (Jawi spelling کبتولن)Category:Malay lemmas#KEBETULANCategory:Malay adverbs#KEBETULANCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#KEBETULANCategory:Pages with entries#KEBETULANCategory:Pages with 3 entries#KEBETULAN

1. coincidentally
2. accidentally

Noun

kebetulan (Jawi spelling کبتولن, plural kebetulan-kebetulan or kebetulan²)Category:Malay lemmas#KEBETULANCategory:Malay nouns#KEBETULANCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#KEBETULANCategory:Pages with entries#KEBETULANCategory:Pages with 3 entries#KEBETULAN

1. coincidence

Further reading

• "kebetulan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Etymology

From MalayCategory:West Makian terms derived from Malay#KEBETULAN kebetulan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkə.bə.ˈt̪u.l̪an/Category:West Makian terms with IPA pronunciation#KEBETULAN

Adverb

kebetulanCategory:West Makian lemmas#KEBETULANCategory:West Makian adverbs#KEBETULANCategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#KEBETULANCategory:Pages with entries#KEBETULANCategory:Pages with 3 entries#KEBETULAN

1. accidentally
2. it so happened that

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics