panja

See also: pánǰa

Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpand͡ʒa/
Hyphenation: pan‧ja
Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

panja (plural panja-panja, first-person possessive panjaku, second-person possessive panjamu, third-person possessive panjanya)

acronym of panitia kerja.

Etymology 2 edit

From Malay panja, from Classical Persian (panja, “paw”).^[1]

Noun edit

panja (plural panja-panja, first-person possessive panjaku, second-person possessive panjamu, third-person possessive panjanya)

hand

Derived terms edit

mengarak panja

References edit

^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

Further reading edit

“panja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

[1] Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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