kejar
Appearance
Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Malay kejar. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
[edit]kêjar (active mengejar, passive dikejar)
- (transitive) to chase
- to follow quickly.
- (figuratively) to strive to achieve.
- (figuratively) to persistently pursue someone as a sexual or romantic partner.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]kejar (plural kejar-kejar)
Further reading
[edit]- “kejar” 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
[edit]Verb
[edit]kejar (Jawi spelling کجر)
- to chase
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: kejar
Further reading
[edit]- “kejar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/d͡ʒar
- Rhymes:Indonesian/d͡ʒar/2 syllables
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian verbs
- Indonesian transitive verbs
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Education
- Indonesian acronyms
- Malay lemmas
- Malay verbs
- Malay verbs without transitivity