pejagalan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed jagal (“butcher”) +‎ peng- -an, borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦼꦗꦒꦭꦤ꧀ (pejagalan, “abattoir, slaughterhouse”), from Old Javanese pajagalan (“place for slaughtering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.d͡ʒa.ˈɡal.an/
• Hyphenation: pê‧ja‧gal‧an

Noun

pêjagalan (plural pejagalan-pejagalan)

1. abattoir, slaughterhouse

   Synonyms: abatoar, pejagalan, rumah jagal, rumah pemotongan, rumah potong, pembantaian

   Synonyms: pembantaian, rumah sembelih (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “pejagalan” 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.