Category: EconomyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

pertanian

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English meaning: Agriculture

Malay Definition

(Bahasa Melayu)

Penanaman tanah untuk tanaman dan ternakan. Malaysia adalah pengeluar kelapa sawit terbesar kedua di dunia.

English Definition

The cultivation of land for crops and livestock. Malaysia is the world's second-largest producer of palm oil, which accounts for a significant share of agricultural GDP and export earnings. Other important crops include rubber, cocoa, and rice. Malaysia's Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) pioneered agricultural resettlement schemes for rural poor.

Example

“Malaysia adalah pengeluar kelapa sawit terbesar kedua di dunia dan pengeksport utama.”

In English: “Malaysia is the world's second-largest palm oil producer and a major exporter.”

Another example: “Kerajaan menggalakkan pertanian moden dalam kalangan belia.”

Usage — When, Where & How

Formal-to-neutral register common in economics, policy and rural-development talk; the per-...-an noun from 'tani' (farmer). Standard term for agriculture.

Synonyms

  • pertanian tanaman
  • ladang

Common Collocations

  • sektor pertanian
  • Kementerian Pertanian
  • pertanian moden
  • hasil pertanian
  • tanah pertanian

Word Forms

— (root: tani; noun pertanian)

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Literary Heritage

“Kemiskinan bukan warisan — ia boleh diubah dengan usaha dan ilmu.”

“Poverty is not an inheritance — it can be changed with effort and knowledge.”

Keris Mas (Kamaludin Muhammad) · Novelist / Sasterawan Negara · 20th century

Rimba Harapan

Rimba Harapan (Forest of Hope), Ch. 6, 1962

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