ajir

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒɪr/
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒɪr, -ɪr, -r
  • Hyphenation: a‧jir

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦗꦶꦂ (ajir), ꦲꦚ꧀ꦗꦶꦂ (anjir, “stick”).

Noun

ajir (plural ajir-ajir, first-person possessive ajirku, second-person possessive ajirmu, third-person possessive ajirnya)

  1. pole, stake

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Banjarese [Term?]

Noun

ajir (plural ajir-ajir, first-person possessive ajirku, second-person possessive ajirmu, third-person possessive ajirnya)

  1. cordon

Etymology 3

Inherited from Malay ajir (“laborer”), from Arabic أَجِير (ʔajīr, “laborer, wageworker”)

Noun

ajir (plural ajir-ajir, first-person possessive ajirku, second-person possessive ajirmu, third-person possessive ajirnya)

  1. laborer
    Synonyms: buruh, pekerja, upahan

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