datang bulan

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound word of datang (“to come”) +‎ bulan (“moon, month”), calque of Chinese 月經／月经 (yuèjīng, “menstruation”, literally “moon; month + pass through”).

Noun

datang bulan (first-person possessive datang bulanku, second-person possessive datang bulanmu, third-person possessive datang bulannya)

1. menstruation, the periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.

   Synonyms: haid, menstruasi

Further reading

• “datang bulan” 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.