pasar gelap

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of pasar (“market”) +‎ gelap (“dark”), calque of Chinese 黑市 (literally “dark market”) or calque of Japanese 闇市(やみいち) (yamīchi, literally “dark market”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpasar ɡəˈlap̚]

Noun

pasar gelap (first-person possessive pasar gelapku, second-person possessive pasar gelapmu, third-person possessive pasar gelapnya)

1. (business, economics) black market; illicit market; under the counter business.

Synonyms

• pasaran gelap (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “pasar gelap” 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.