jalang
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒalaŋ/ [ˈd͡ʒa.laŋ]
- Rhymes: -alaŋ
- Syllabification: ja‧lang
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay jalang. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
jalang
- (vulgar, offensive) bitch
- a promiscuous woman, slut, whore
- a despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman
Adjective
jalang (comparative lebih jalang, superlative terjalang, equative sejalang)
Derived terms
Affixed terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Minangkabau jalang, from Proto-Malayic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan. Doublet of jalan.
Verb
jalang (active menjalang, manjalang) (dialect)
Further reading
- “jalang”, 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
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒalaŋ/ [ˈd͡ʒa.laŋ]
- Hyphenation: ja‧lang
Adjective
jalang (Jawi spelling جالڠ)
Noun
jalang (Jawi spelling جالڠ, plural jalang-jalang)
- an adulteress
- prostitute
- (vulgar) bitch
Further reading
- “jalang”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Manado Malay
Etymology 1
Verb
jalang
Etymology 2
Noun
jalang