parkir

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch parkeer, parkeren (“to park, halt and leave a vehicle in a spot”), from French parquer.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈparkir/ [ˈpar.kɪr]
• Rhymes: -arkir
• Syllabification: par‧kir

Verb

parkir (active memarkir, passive diparkir)

1. (transitive) to park, halt and leave a vehicle in a spot

Derived terms

• keparkiran
• memarkir
• parkiran
• pemarkir
• pemarkiran
• perparkiran
• terparkir

• parkir air
• parkir bawah tanah
• parkir bus
• parkir cuma-cuma
• parkir gratis
• parkir inap
• parkir liar
• parkir nontunai
• parkir paralel
• parkir pribadi
• parkir sembarang
• parkir seri
• parkir valet
• parkiran basemen

Descendants

• → Malay: parkir

Further reading

• “parkir”, 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

Borrowed from Indonesian parkir, from Dutch parkeer, parkeren.

• The noun sense is a semantic loan from English car park.

Pronunciation

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈparkir/ [ˈpar.kir]
• Rhymes: -arkir, -ir
• Hyphenation: par‧kir

Noun

parkir (Jawi spelling ڤرکير, plural parkir-parkir or parkir²)

1. car park, parking lot

   Synonyms: parkiran, tempat letak kereta, medan kereta

2. parking space, parking spot, parking place

   Synonyms: parkiran, tempat letak kereta

Verb

parkir (Jawi spelling ڤرکير)

1. (ambitransitive) to park, halt and leave a vehicle in a spot.

   Synonyms: letakkan, pak (informal)

   Si bangang itu memarkir motosikalnya di laluan pejalan kaki.

   That idiot parked his motorcycle on the footpath.

Derived terms

Affixations

• parkiran (“car park; parking spot”)

Usage notes

Rejected by some speakers as an Indonesianism.

Further reading

• "parkir" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017