bahasa dalam
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of bahasa (“language”) + dalem (“palace”, literally “inside”).
Noun
- the language used by royalty, often a standard or elevated form of a language, or it can simply mean a language spoken by a royal family
Further reading
- “bahasa dalam”, 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