jajan
Indonesian
Etymology
- From Sundanese jajan,
- Probably Cantonese 茶餐廳／茶餐厅 (caa4 caan1 teng1, literally “tea restaurant”) through phono-semantic matching and clipping.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒa.d͡ʒan]
- Hyphenation: ja‧jan
Noun
jajan
Verb
jajan
- (colloquial) informal form of berjajan (“to buy snacks”)
- (colloquial) to engage the services of a prostitute
Derived terms
- berjajan
- jajanan
Further reading
- “jajan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016