pasar gelap
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of pasar (“market”) + gelap (“dark”), calque of Chinese 黑市 (literally “dark market”) or calque of Japanese 闇市 (yamīchi, literally “dark market”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pasar gelap (first-person possessive pasar gelapku, second-person possessive pasar gelapmu, third-person possessive pasar gelapnya)
Synonyms edit
- pasaran gelap (Standard Malay)
Further reading edit
- “pasar gelap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.