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jagal

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay jagal (small trader).

Noun

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jagal (plural jagal-jagal)

  1. small trader
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Etymology 2

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Semantic loan from Javanese ꦗꦒꦭ꧀ (jagal, butcher).

Noun

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jagal (plural jagal-jagal)

  1. butcher:
    1. (literal) a person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
    2. (figurative) a brutal or indiscriminate killer.
      Synonym: pembantai
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Etymology 3

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Calque of English butcherbird.

Noun

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jagal (plural jagal-jagal)

  1. butcherbird (any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea)

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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jagal

  1. Romanization of ꦗꦒꦭ꧀