juru selamat

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of juru +‎ selamat.

Noun

juru selamat (plural juru-juru selamat)

1. savior
2. messiah

   Synonyms: mesiah, mesias

3. (religion, Christianity) Savior, Redeemer (Jesus Christ)

Further reading

• “juru selamat”, 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