ayam ciken

Betawi

Etymology

From ayam (“chicken”) +‎ ciken (“crispy, deep-fried”); the second element is a pseudo-anglicism derived from chicken via a reanalysis of prèt ciken, from English fried chicken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ajam t͡ɕikən/

Noun

ayam ciken

  1. synonym of prèt ciken (“Southern United States-style fried chicken”)
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