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anjer.

wood or bamboo stick that are plugged in as marker for crab trap

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈand͡ʒər/
  1. wood or bamboo stick that are plugged in as marker for crab trap

Where this word comes from

From Javanese ꦲꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦂ (anjer), a variant of ꦲꦚ꧀ꦗꦶꦂ (anjir, “stake or pole used as a marker”), probably from Arabic أَنْجَر (ʔanjar, “anchor”), from Classical Persian لنگر (langar), from Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra). Doublet of angker, anjar, anjir, and jangkar.

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