haram jadah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay haram jadah, ultimately derived from Persian (harām zāde) of (harām, “forbidden, illegitimate”) +‎ (zāde, “offspring”). [1]

Noun

haram jadah

(derogatory, vulgar) bastard; illegitimate child

Interjection

haram jadah

(rare, derogatory, vulgar) son of a bitch

References

Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

Further reading

“haram jadah” 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.

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