jajan

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Sundanese jajan,
• Probably Cantonese 茶餐廳／茶餐厅 (caa4 caan1 teng1, literally “tea restaurant”) through phono-semantic matching and clipping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒa.d͡ʒan]
• Hyphenation: ja‧jan

Noun

jajan

1. snack

Verb

jajan

1. (colloquial) informal form of berjajan (“to buy snacks”)
2. (colloquial) to engage the services of a prostitute

Derived terms

• berjajan
• jajanan

Further reading

• “jajan”, 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