remaja

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay remaja, from Javanese ꦉꦩꦗ (remaja, adolescent), from Old Javanese *rumāja (young), rāja (king) + -um- (become), from Sanskrit राजा (rājā), nominative singular of राजन् (rājan, king). Cognate Sundanese rumaja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rəˈmad͡ʒa]
  • Hyphenation: rê‧ma‧ja

Noun

rêmaja (plural remaja-remaja, first-person possessive remajaku, second-person possessive remajamu, third-person possessive remajanya)

  1. (countable) adolescent, teen, youth.
    Synonym: pemuda
    Marco menjual bajunya kepada kalangan remaja dan dewasa.
    Marco sells his clothes to both teenagers and adults.
  2. (uncountable) adolescence: The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

Adjective

rêmaja

  1. young.
    Synonym: muda
  2. adolescence.
    Synonym: adolesens

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