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Yes. The word pekan is a Scrabble US word. The word pekan is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

PEKAN,

4-letter words (8 found)

KANE,KNAP,NAPE,NEAP,PANE,PEAK,PEAN,PENK,

3-letter words (16 found)

AKE,ANE,APE,EAN,KAE,KEA,KEN,KEP,NAE,NAP,NEK,NEP,PAK,PAN,PEA,PEN,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AN,EA,EN,KA,NA,NE,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 35 words from pekan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of pekan

pekan epkan pkean kpean ekpan kepan peakn epakn paekn apekn eapkn aepkn pkaen kpaen paken apken kapen akpen ekapn keapn eakpn aekpn kaepn akepn pekna epkna pkena kpena ekpna kepna penka epnka pneka npeka enpka nepka pknea kpnea pnkea npkea knpea nkpea eknpa kenpa enkpa nekpa knepa nkepa peank epank paenk apenk eapnk aepnk penak epnak pneak npeak enpak nepak panek apnek pnaek npaek anpek napek eanpk aenpk enapk neapk anepk naepk pkane kpane pakne apkne kapne akpne pknae kpnae pnkae npkae knpae nkpae panke apnke pnake npake anpke napke kanpe aknpe knape nkape ankpe nakpe ekanp keanp eaknp aeknp kaenp akenp eknap kenap enkap nekap kneap nkeap eankp aenkp enakp neakp anekp naekp kanep aknep knaep nkaep ankep nakep

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Definitions and meaning of pekan

pekan

Etymology

From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.

Noun

pekan (plural pekans)

  1. A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
  2. An American marten (Martes americana).

Translations

See also

  • pecan

References

  • Fisher (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “pekan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Panek, knape

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpekan/

Adjective

pekan

  1. accusative singular of peka

Finnish

Noun

pekan

  1. genitive singular of pekka

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pekan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Doublet of pekon. Cognate to Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəkan/
  • Hyphenation: pê‧kan
  • Rhymes: -kan, -an

Noun

pêkan

  1. (uncommon, sense typically in compound words) market: a gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic.
    Synonyms: balai, pasar
  2. week
    Synonym: minggu

Usage notes

  • This is one of the false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay pekan.
  • The sense of week derived from the historical fact of one market day in a week. There are some places which are named from the historical market day, such as Pasar Rebo, Pasar Minggu and Senen in Jakarta and Pasar Kliwon in Surakarta.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “pekan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəkan/
  • Rhymes: -əkan, -kan, -an

Noun

pekan (Jawi spelling ڤکن, plural pekan-pekan, informal 1st possessive pekanku, 2nd possessive pekanmu, 3rd possessive pekannya)

  1. town (small)
  2. (dated) market
    Synonym: pasar
  3. (dated, esp. in Riau) week
    Synonym: minggu

Usage notes

  • This is one of the false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian pekan.

Descendants

  • Indonesian: pekan (“market, week”)

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤکن pĕkan”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 466
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “pĕkan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 228
  • Kamus Melayu Riau-Indonesia, Balai Bahasa Sumatera Utara Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 2018, →ISBN, page 294

Further reading

  • “pekan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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