abdi dalem
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of abdi + dalem, from Javanese ꦲꦧ꧀ꦢꦶꦢꦊꦩ꧀ (abdi dalem).
Noun
abdi dalem (plural abdi-abdi dalem)
- (chiefly Java) royal household servant
See also
Further reading
- “abdi dalem”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Javanese
Romanization
- romanization of ꦲꦧ꧀ꦢꦶꦢꦊꦩ꧀