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pajak.

tax

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpad͡ʒaʔ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpa.d͡ʒaʔ]Standard-Indonesian

  1. tax

  2. license fee

  3. shop; stall; store

  4. market, (esp. a traditional one)

    Medan · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Malay pajak (“rent”), from Old Javanese pajĕg (“arrangement”). Cognate of Javanese ꦥꦗꦼꦒ꧀ (pajeg, “tax”). * The sense of tax is a semantic loan from Dutch belasting (“tax”). Replaced by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

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