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jalan.

road; way; street

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒalan/Standard-Indonesian[ˈd͡ʒa.lan]Standard-Indonesian

  1. road; way; street

  2. way

  3. roadway

  4. orbit

  5. chance

  6. intermediary (a person or tool in an intermediate position)

  7. forward and backward movement of a vehicle

  8. movement of the hands of a clock

  9. running (the sustainability of a company, organization, association, etc.)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay jalan, from Proto-Malayic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan. Doublet of jalang. * Displaced Dutch weg (“way, road”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944. Cognates * Cebuano dalan * Chamorro chalan * Iban jalai * Pattani Malay جالٍي (jalɛ) * Tagalog daan * Urak Lawoi' ยฺาลัด (jalat)

verb/ˈd͡ʒalan/Standard-Indonesian[ˈd͡ʒa.lan]Standard-Indonesian

  1. imperative/colloquial of berjalan

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay jalan, from Proto-Malayic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan. Doublet of jalang. * Displaced Dutch weg (“way, road”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944. Cognates * Cebuano dalan * Chamorro chalan * Iban jalai * Pattani Malay جالٍي (jalɛ) * Tagalog daan * Urak Lawoi' ยฺาลัด (jalat)

adj/ˈd͡ʒalan/Standard-Indonesian[ˈd͡ʒa.lan]Standard-Indonesian

  1. understandable

  2. right

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay jalan, from Proto-Malayic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan. Doublet of jalang. * Displaced Dutch weg (“way, road”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944. Cognates * Cebuano dalan * Chamorro chalan * Iban jalai * Pattani Malay جالٍي (jalɛ) * Tagalog daan * Urak Lawoi' ยฺาลัด (jalat)

noun/ˈd͡ʒalan/Standard-Indonesian[ˈd͡ʒa.lan]Standard-Indonesian

  1. a teak tree with thick leaves

  2. the handle is made of teak wood

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese [Term?].

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