telepon seluler

Indonesian

Etymology

Calque of English cellular telephone as telepon +‎ seluler.

Noun

telepon seluler (first-person possessive telepon selulerku, second-person possessive telepon selulermu, third-person possessive telepon selulernya)

1. mobile phone.

   Synonym: telepon genggam

Usage notes

The word is commonly clipped into ponsel.

Further reading

• “telepon seluler” 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.