cadjan

noun

cadj·​an

variants or less commonly cajan

ˈkäjən,

ˌjän

or cajang

-ˌjäŋ

plural -s

1

: interwoven coco-palm leaves for thatching

2

: a strip of fan-palm leaf (as of the talipot) used as writing material

also : a document written on a palm leaf

Word History

Etymology

Malay kajan

First Known Use

1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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