gaji

See also: gàjɨ̀ and gāji

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːdʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːdʒi

Noun

gaji (plural gaji or gajis)

1. (hanafuda) In the game of sakura, the name of the 0-point card of the willow/November suit, which acts as a wild card.
   • c. 1960s, A Japanese HANA FUDA (Flower Cards) Game, Paradise Factors:

     Gaji is the nonpoint-card of November or Willow suit cards. It has no value in points, but can be used like a joker in English cards and may take any of the card^[sic] in the deck. When a player uses Gaji and takes any cards of a suit the remaining odd card, too, will be his.

   • c. 2009, Hanafuda Hawaii, “How to Play Hanafuda Hawaii Style”, in hanafudahawaii.com‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 May 2011:

     If the gaji card is part of a player’s hand he can use it like a wild card to capture any card in the field regardless of its suit.

   • 2025, “Sakura: How to Play Guide”, in hanafooda.com‎^[2]:

     If a player draws the Gaji card, it is a wild card and they must play it right away on the Field.

Bura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡàdʒí]

Noun

gàji

1. The youngest child, last born.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• gadji (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Etymology

From Malay gaji, from Dutch gage, from Middle French gage (Modern French gage), from Old French gage, guage, from Frankish *waddī.

• Displaced Dutch salaris (“salary”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡad͡ʒi/ [ˈɡa.d͡ʒi]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒi
• Syllabification: ga‧ji

Noun

gaji (plural gaji-gaji)

1. salary (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)
2. (informal, proscribed) wage, an amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour

   Synonym: upah

Derived terms

• bergaji
• gajian
• menggaji
• penggajian

Compounds

• gaji bersih
• gaji bulanan
• gaji buta
• gaji ketiga belas
• gaji kotor
• gaji pokok

Descendants

• → Balinese: gajih
• → Ledo Kaili: gaji

Further reading

• “gaji”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Ledo Kaili

Etymology

From Indonesian gaji, from Malay gaji, from Dutch gage, from Middle French gage (Modern French gage), from Old French gage, guage, from Frankish *waddī.

Noun

gaji

1. salary

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch gage, from Middle French gage (Modern French gage), from Old French gage, guage, from Frankish *waddī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡad͡ʒi]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒi, -d͡ʒi, -i

Noun

gaji (Jawi spelling ݢاجي, plural gaji-gaji or gaji²)

1. salary (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)

   Synonym: ujrah

Descendants

• Indonesian: gaji, gadji (1901–1947, 1947–1972)
  • → Balinese: gajih
  • → Ledo Kaili: gaji
• → Tausug: gadji
• → Dutch: katje
• → Petjo: gadji

West Makian

Etymology

From Ternate gaji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.d͡ʒi/

Noun

gaji

1. animal fat

References

• James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[3], Pacific linguistics