tanggal merah

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Indonesian[edit]

Christmas day (25 Dec) is one of tanggal merah in Indonesian

Etymology[edit]

Compound of tanggal (“date”) +‎ merah (“red”) as international convention to mark holiday in calendar with red colour. Compare to Cantonese 紅日／红日 (hung4 jat6-2), Norwegian Bokmål rød dag, Swedish röd dag, and English red letter day.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡal ˈmɛrah/

Phrase[edit]

tanggal merah

  1. (colloquial) holiday: a day declared free from work by the state or government.
    Synonym: hari libur
    Atasan meminta Saudara masuk kerja pada tanggal merah.[1] ― Your boss asks you to come for work on holiday.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Adi Utarini (2020) Tak Kenal Maka Tak Sayang: Penelitian Kualitatif dalam Pelayanan Kesehatan [Out of sight, out of mind: qualitative research in health care] (in Indonesian), Yogyakarta: UGM Press, →ISBN, page 12

Further reading[edit]

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