tanda pagar

• tagar (syllabic abbreviation)

Compound of tanda (“sign, symbol”) +‎ pagar (“fence”), literally “fence symbol”, from Dutch hekje (“hash sign”), diminutive form of hek (“fence, stern”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌtanda ˈpaɡar/ [ˌt̪an.da ˈpa.ɡar]
• Rhymes: -aɡar
• Syllabification: tan‧da pa‧gar

tanda pagar (plural tanda-tanda pagar)

1. hash sign, number sign, or pound sign (the character #)
2. (computing, Internet) hashtag (metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign, used to label content)

• → Malay: tanda pagar

• “tanda pagar”, 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

Borrowed from Indonesian tanda pagar.

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˌtanda ˈpaɡar/ [ˌt̪an.da ˈpa.ɡar]

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˌtandə ˈpaɡa(r)/ [ˌt̪an.də ˈpa.ɡa(r)]
• Rhymes: -aɡar, -aɡa
• Hyphenation: tan‧da pa‧gar

tanda pagar (plural tanda-tanda pagar)

1. (computing, Internet) hashtag

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