jagal

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒa.ɡal/
  • Rhymes: -ɡal
  • Hyphenation: ja‧gal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay jagal (“small trader”).

Noun

jagal (plural jagal-jagal, first-person possessive jagalku, second-person possessive jagalmu, third-person possessive jagalnya)

  1. small trader
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Javanese ꦗꦒꦭ꧀ (jagal, “butcher”).

Noun

jagal (plural jagal-jagal, first-person possessive jagalku, second-person possessive jagalmu, third-person possessive jagalnya)

  1. butcher:
    1. (literal) a person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
    2. (figurative) a brutal or indiscriminate killer.
      Synonym: pembantai
Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

jagal

  1. Romanization of ꦗꦒꦭ꧀
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