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INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

gaji.

salary (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡad͡ʒi/Standard-Indonesian[ˈɡa.d͡ʒi]Standard-Indonesian
  1. salary (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)

  2. wage, an amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour

    informal · proscribed
Where this word comes from

From Malay gaji, from Dutch gage, from Middle French gage (Modern French gage), from Old French gage, guage, from Frankish *waddī. * Displaced Dutch salaris (“salary”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

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