nama samaran
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of nama (“name”) + samaran, calque of Dutch deknaam (“psudonym”, literally “cover name”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌna.ma saˈma.ran/, [ˌna.ma saˈma.ran]
Noun
nama samaran (plural nama-nama samaran)
- pseudonym, pen name
- Synonyms: nom de plume, pseudonim
Further reading
- “nama samaran”, 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