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Yes. The word rotan is a Scrabble US word. The word rotan is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (4 found)

ORANT,ROTAN,TORAN,TRONA,

4-letter words (11 found)

NOTA,RANT,RATO,ROAN,RONT,ROTA,TARN,TARO,TORA,TORN,TRON,

3-letter words (17 found)

ANT,ART,NAT,NOR,NOT,OAR,OAT,ORA,ORT,RAN,RAT,ROT,TAN,TAO,TAR,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (9 found)

AN,AR,AT,NA,NO,ON,OR,TA,TO,

You can make 41 words from rotan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of rotan

rotan ortan rtoan troan otran toran roatn oratn raotn arotn oartn aortn rtaon traon raton arton taron atron otarn toarn oatrn aotrn taorn atorn rotna ortna rtona trona otrna torna ronta ornta rnota nrota onrta norta rtnoa trnoa rntoa nrtoa tnroa ntroa otnra tonra ontra notra tnora ntora roant orant raont aront oarnt aornt ronat ornat rnoat nroat onrat norat ranot arnot rnaot nraot anrot narot oanrt aonrt onart noart anort naort rtano trano ratno artno tarno atrno rtnao trnao rntao nrtao tnrao ntrao ranto arnto rnato nrato anrto narto tanro atnro tnaro ntaro antro natro otanr toanr oatnr aotnr taonr atonr otnar tonar ontar notar tnoar ntoar oantr aontr onatr noatr anotr naotr tanor atnor tnaor ntaor antor nator

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Definitions and meaning of rotan

rotan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay rotan (“cane”), doublet of rattan.

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈɹotʌn/

Noun

rotan (plural rotans)

  1. (Singapore, Malaysia) A long rattan used to cane people as punishment for criminal acts.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian рота́н (rotán, “Amur sleeper”).

Noun

rotan (plural not attested)

  1. (uncommon) Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii)

Anagrams

  • NOTAR, Raton, Taron, Tonra, Trona, natro-, orant, rat on, toran, trona

Finnish

Noun

rotan

  1. genitive/accusative singular of rotta

Anagrams

  • raton, toran

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed raut +‎ -an, inherited from Malay rotan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈro.tan/
  • Rhymes: -tan
  • Hyphenation: ro‧tan

Noun

rotan (first-person possessive rotanku, second-person possessive rotanmu, third-person possessive rotannya)

  1. rattan

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “rotan” 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 raut +‎ -an, from raut (“to trim, pare down”), doublet of rautan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrotan/, [ˈro.t̪an]
  • (Cocos) IPA(key): [ˈʁo.t̪an], [ˈo.t̪an]
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

rotan (Jawi spelling روتن, plural rotan-rotan, informal 1st possessive rotanku, 2nd possessive rotanmu, 3rd possessive rotannya)

  1. rattan (any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus)
  2. (by extension) rattan (a cane made from rattan)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: rotan
  • → Afrikaans: rottang
  • → English: rattan
  • → English: rotan (noun)
  • → French: rotin
    • → Portuguese: rotim

Verb

rotan (Jawi spelling روتن)

  1. to cane with a rattan
  2. (by extension) to cane

Descendants

  • → English: rotan (verb)

References

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

rotan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of rotar

Source: wiktionary.org