pacar
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
pacar (plural pacar-pacar, first-person possessive pacarku, second-person possessive pacarmu, third-person possessive pacarnya)
Compounds edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Betawi pacar, from Malay pacar. Related to etymology 1, due to fact that spouse made their nails red with pacar before marriage in Betawi tradition.
Noun edit
pacar (plural pacar-pacar, first-person possessive pacarku, second-person possessive pacarmu, third-person possessive pacarnya)
- (informal) A male or female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship; boyfriend; girlfriend.
Affixed terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pacar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
pacar
- Romanization of ꦥꦕꦂ