penjuru

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed peng- +‎ juru, inherited from Malay penjuru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pənˈd͡ʒuru]
• Hyphenation: pên‧ju‧ru

Noun

penjuru (first-person possessive penjuruku, second-person possessive penjurumu, third-person possessive penjurunya)

1. corner

   Synonyms: pojok, sudut

2. direction

   Synonym: arah

Derived terms

• memenjuru

 

• penjuru angin

 

Further reading

• “penjuru” 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pənd͡ʒuru/
• Rhymes: -ru, -u

Etymology 1

Affixation of peng- +‎ juru (“corner”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuRu.

Noun

penjuru (Jawi spelling ڤنجورو, plural penjuru-penjuru, informal 1st possessive penjuruku, 2nd possessive penjurumu, 3rd possessive penjurunya)

1. A corner.

   Synonyms: sudut, pelosok, pojok

Descendants

• Indonesian: penjuru

Etymology 2

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Noun

penjuru (Jawi spelling ڤنجورو, plural penjuru-penjuru, informal 1st possessive penjuruku, 2nd possessive penjurumu, 3rd possessive penjurunya)

1. (archaic) A police officer or a soldier.

   Synonyms: polis, mata-mata, askar, perajurit

Adjective

penjuru (Jawi spelling ڤنجورو)

1. (archaic) Brave or courageous.

   Synonyms: berani, gagah

Further reading

• “penjuru” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*zuRu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI