gizi

See also: Gizi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic غِذَاء (ḡiḏāʔ, “nourishment, sustenance, aliment, nutrition, food”). Coined by Indonesian nutritionist Poorwo Soedarmo 1950s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡi.zi]
• Hyphenation: gi‧zi

Noun

gizi (first-person possessive giziku, second-person possessive gizimu, third-person possessive gizinya)

1. nutrition, nutrient.

   Synonym: nutrisi

   Synonym: pemakanan (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• bergizi (“to contain nutrition, to have nutrition, to be nutritious”)

Further reading

• “gizi” 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.