jajah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay jajah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒad͡ʒah/ [ˈd͡ʒa.d͡ʒah]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah
• Syllabification: ja‧jah

Verb

jajah (active menjajah, passive dijajah)

1. (rare, ambitransitive) to explore

   Synonym: jelajah

2. (ambitransitive) to annex, to colonise

Derived terms

• jajahan
• jelajah
• menjajah
• menjajahi
• menjajahkan
• penjajah
• penjajahan

Further reading

• “jajah”, 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

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(schwa-variety, Literary Standard, /a/-variety)

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒad͡ʒah/ [ˈd͡ʒa.d͡ʒah]

  Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah, -d͡ʒah, -ah

• Hyphenation: ja‧jah

Verb

jajah (Jawi spelling جاجه, active menjajah, third-person passive dijajah) (transitive)

1. to explore

   Synonym: jelajah

2. to annex; to colonise

   Synonym: takluk

Derived terms

• jajahan
• jelajah
• nyahjajah
• penjajah
• penjajahan
• terjajah

Descendants

• Indonesian: jajah

Further reading

• "jajah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "jajah" at PRPM first version)