# persen
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛrsə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: per‧sen
* Rhymes: -ɛrsən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch persen. Equivalent to pers +‎ -en. Compare English pierce.

#### Verb

persen
* to press tight, to squeeze
    Hij perst het sap uit de sinaasappels.He presses the juice out of the oranges.

##### Derived terms

* perslucht
* aaneenpersen
* aanpersen
* afpersen
* dichtpersen
* dieppersen
* doorpersen
* droogpersen
* herpersen
* ineenpersen
* inpersen
* leegpersen
* napersen
* natpersen
* neerpersen
* omhoogpersen
* ontpersen
* opeenpersen
* openpersen
* oppersen
* overpersen
* platpersen
* samenpersen
* stukpersen
* terugpersen
* toepersen
* uitpersen
* vastpersen
* verpersen
* volpersen
* voortpersen
* warmpersen
* wegpersen

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: pers

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

persen
* plural of pers

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From perres +‎ -en.

### Pronunciation

* (Northern Ilocano) IPA: /perˈsen/ [perˈsen]
* (Southern Ilocano) IPA: /pɯrˈsɯn/ [pɯrˈsɯn]
* Hyphenation: per‧sen

### Verb

përsë́n (perfective pinerres, imperfective perpersen, past imperfective pinerperres, future persento)
* to press; to squeeze

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000) “persen”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano‎ (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 454

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch percent, from Italian percento, from New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”). Doublet of prosen.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /pərˈsɛn/ [pərˈsɛn]
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Syllabification: per‧sen

### Noun

pêrsèn (plural persen-persen)
* percent, percentage: the amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole
    Synonyms: peratus, prosen, perseratus, seperseratus
* tip
    Synonyms: hadiah, pemberian, uang sirih, uang rokok

#### Synonyms

* (percent): peratus (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

#### Derived terms

* memerseni
* memersenkan
* persenan

#### Related terms

* persentil

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 八仙 (pat-sian, “percent, percentage, tip”)

### References

* ↑ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

### Further reading

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

## Malay
### Etymology

From English percent or Dutch percent, from Italian percento, from New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”); first attested as percent in Kitab Vortaro in 1923.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pərˈsen/ [pərˈsen]
* Hyphenation: per‧sen

### Noun

persen (plural persen-persen, informal 1st possessive persenku, 2nd possessive persenmu, 3rd possessive persennya)
* (informal) percent: the amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
    Synonym: peratus

### References

* ↑ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 248

### Further reading

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