bantuan sosial

Indonesian

Etymology

bantuan (“assistance”) +‎ sosial (“social”).

Noun

bantuan sosial (first-person possessive bantuan sosialku, second-person possessive bantuan sosialmu, third-person possessive bantuan sosialnya)

1. social assistance: support provided on the basis of need alone, see welfare.

Alternative forms

• bansos

Further reading

• “bantuan sosial” 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.