pabean

Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed as bea, biaya +‎ per- -an, borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦧꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (pabéyan, “customs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈbɛan]
• Hyphenation: pa‧bè‧an

Noun

pabean (first-person possessive pabeanku, second-person possessive pabeanmu, third-person possessive pabeannya)

1. customs: the government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.

Synonyms

• bea cukai
• bum
• duane
• kastam (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• kepabeanan

 

Related terms

• bea
• biaya

 

Further reading

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