jalang
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Malay jalang. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun edit
jalang
- (vulgar, offensive) bitch
- a promiscuous woman, slut, whore
- a despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman
Adjective edit
jalang (comparative lebih jalang, superlative terjalang, equative sejalang)
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms
Proverbs with the word jalang
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Minangkabau jalang, from Proto-Malayic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan. Doublet of jalan.
Verb edit
jalang (active menjalang)
Further reading edit
- “jalang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Adjective edit
jalang (Jawi spelling جالڠ)
Noun edit
jalang (Jawi spelling جالڠ, plural jalang-jalang, informal 1st possessive jalangku, 2nd possessive jalangmu, 3rd possessive jalangnya)
- an adulteress
- prostitute
- (vulgar) bitch
Further reading edit
- “jalang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Manado Malay edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
jalang
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
jalang