anjar

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَنْجَر (ʔanjar, anchor), from Classical Persian لنگر (langar), from Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra). Doublet of angker, anjer, anjir, and jangkar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈand͡ʒar/
  • Hyphenation: an‧jar

Noun

anjar (first-person possessive anjarku, second-person possessive anjarmu, third-person possessive anjarnya)

  1. anchor.
    Synonyms: angker, jangkar, sauh

Adjective

anjar

  1. (pre-1947, 1947-1972) Superseded spelling of anyar.

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