tunjangan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed tunjang +‎ -an.

• Displaced Dutch toelage (“grant-in-aid, subsidy”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊnˈd͡ʒaŋan/
• Rhymes: -an, -n
• Hyphenation: tun‧jang‧an

Noun

tunjangan (plural tunjangan-tunjangan, first-person possessive tunjanganku, second-person possessive tunjanganmu, third-person possessive tunjangannya)

1. allowance, abatement

   Synonyms: bantuan, sokongan

   Synonym: élaun (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• tunjangan anak
• tunjangan fungsional
• tunjangan hari raya
• tunjangan istri
• tunjangan kemahalan
• tunjangan khusus
• tunjangan kinerja
• tunjangan pengangguran
• tunjangan perceraian
• tunjangan profesi
• tunjangan sertifikasi
• tunjangan struktural
• tunjangan tahunan

 

Further reading

• “tunjangan” 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.