overwordExplorer
INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

sambilan.

A (temporary or informal) job or endeavor being done on the side, or part-time; side job, side gig, side hustle.

8 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[sam.ˈbɪl.an]
  1. A (temporary or informal) job or endeavor being done on the side, or part-time; side job, side gig, side hustle.

  2. A (temporary or informal) job or endeavor being done on the side, or part-time; side job, side gig, side hustle. Any undertaking of trivial importance; an avocation, minutiae or a minor errand.

    broadly
Where this word comes from

Ultimately inherited from Malay sambilan. Reanalyzable by surface analysis, sambil (“while”) + -an or se- -an + ambil (“to take”). If so, related to sembilan.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

sambilan has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

sambilan studiosambilan workshello, sambilan

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.