juru tulis
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of juru + tulis (“write”), literally “writing worker”. The term (djoeroetoelis) was translation of Japanese 書記 (shoki, “clerk”), see syoki.
Noun
juru tulis (plural juru-juru tulis)
Alternative forms
- djoeroetoelis (1901–1947)
Further reading
- “juru tulis”, 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