jurusan

 

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Affixed jurus +‎ -an, from Malay jurusan.

• Semantic loan from Dutch richting (“major, specialisation, subject, course”, literally “direction”) for the senses in education.

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuˈrʊsan]
• Rhymes: -san, -an, -n
• Hyphenation: ju‧rus‧an

jurusan (plural jurusan-jurusan, first-person possessive jurusanku, second-person possessive jurusanmu, third-person possessive jurusannya)

1. direction

   Synonyms: arah, tujuan

2. (education) major: the principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.

   Synonyms: jurusan, program studi

3. (education) course: a learning programme, whether a single class or (UK) a major area of study.

   Synonyms: jurusan, program studi

   Synonym: kursus (Standard Malay)

4. (education) subject cluster, subject stream, track: subject grouping at secondary education.

• “jurusan” 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.