Jepang

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Jepun (archaic)

Etymology

From Malay Jepang (“Japan”), from Min Nan 日本 (Ji̍t-pńg, “Japan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəpaŋ/

Proper noun

Jepang

1. Japan (A Far East country in Asia)
2. Japanese (ethnic group)
3. Japanese (language)

Adjective

Jepang

1. Japanese (pertaining to ethnic group or language)

Related terms

• bahasa Jepang (“Japanese language”)
• orang Jepang (“Japanese person, Japanese people”)

 

Further reading

• “Jepang” 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.

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Malay

Alternative forms

• Jepun

Etymology

From Min Nan 日本 (Ji̍t-pńg, “Japan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəpaŋ/
• Rhymes: -əpaŋ, -paŋ, -aŋ

Proper noun

Jepang

1. (Indonesia) Japan (A Far East country in Asia)
2. (Indonesia) Japanese (ethnic group)
3. (Indonesia) Japanese (language)

Adjective

Jepang

1. (Indonesia) Japanese (pertaining to ethnic group or language)

Derived terms

• bahasa Jepang (“Japanese language”)
• dijepangkan (“3rd person passive form of menjepangkan”)
• jepangkan (“1st and 2nd person passive form of menjepangkan”)
• menjepangkan (“japanise”)
• orang Jepang (“Japanese people”)
• penjepangan (“japanisation”)

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: Japan
• → Portuguese: Japão (see there for further descendants)
• → Sundanese: Jepang

 

Further reading

• “Jepang” 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.

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Sundanese

Proper noun

Jepang

1. Japan