jam tangan

Inherited from Malay jam tangan, compound of jam (“clock”) +‎ tangan (“hand, arm”), calque from Chinese 手錶／手表 (literally “hand watch”) or calque from Japanese 腕時計(うでどけい) (udedokei, literally “arm + clock”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒam ˈta.ŋan/, [ˌd͡ʒam ˈt̪a.ŋan]

jam tangan (plural jam-jam tangan)

1. wristwatch

• “jam tangan”, 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

Compound of jam (“clock”) +‎ tangan (“hand, arm”), calque from Chinese 手錶／手表 (literally “hand watch”) or calque from Japanese 腕時計(うでどけい) (udedokei, literally “arm + clock”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒam ˈtaŋan/ [ˌd͡ʒam ˈt̪a.ŋan]

jam tangan (Jawi spelling جم تاڠن, plural jam-jam tangan)

1. wristwatch

• Indonesian: jam tangan

• “jam tangan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017