juru tulis

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of juru +‎ tulis (“write”), literally “writing worker”. The term (djoeroetoelis) was translation of Japanese 書記(しょき) (shoki, “clerk”), see syoki.

Noun

juru tulis (plural juru-juru tulis, first-person possessive juru tulisku, second-person possessive juru tulismu, third-person possessive juru tulisnya)

1. clerk.

   Synonyms: carik, kerani, klerek

Alternative forms

• djoeroetoelis (pre-1947)

Further reading

• “juru tulis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.