penjara

Borrowed from Sanskrit पञ्जर (pañjara, “cage”) via Malay penjara.

• IPA^(key): /pəɲˈd͡ʒa.ra/

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• Hyphenation: pên‧ja‧ra

penjara (plural penjara-penjara, first-person possessive penjaraku, second-person possessive penjaramu, third-person possessive penjaranya)

1. prison, jail

   Synonyms: bui, hotel prodeo

   Hyponyms: lembaga pemasyarakatan, rumah tahanan

• “penjara” 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.

From Sanskrit पञ्जर (pañjara, “cage”).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /pənˈd͡ʒarə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pənˈd͡ʒara/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒarə, -arə, -rə

penjara (Jawi spelling ڤنجارا, plural penjara-penjara, informal 1st possessive penjaraku, 2nd possessive penjaramu, 3rd possessive penjaranya)

1. jail
2. prison

• rumah pasung
• rumah tahanan
• jel

penjara (Jawi spelling ڤنجارا)

1. to jail
2. to imprison

• jel

• Indonesian: penjara

• "penjara" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “penjara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.