salju

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay salju (cognate of Javanese ꦱꦭ꧀ꦗꦸ (salju) and Sundanese salju) variant of ثلجي salji, from Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsald͡ʒu/ [ˈsal.d͡ʒu]

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• Rhymes: -ald͡ʒu
• Syllabification: sal‧ju

Noun

salju (uncountable)

1. snow

Alternative forms

• salji (Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

• bersalju
• menyalju

• salju baru
• salju embus
• salju lama
• salju layang
• salju melalang
• salju tiupan
• salju tua

Further reading

• “salju”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

salju

1. romanization of ꦱꦭ꧀ꦗꦸ

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj). Doublet of salji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsald͡ʒu/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒu, -u
• Hyphenation: sal‧ju

Noun

salju (Jawi spelling ثلجو, plural salju-salju or salju²)

1. (poetic, Riau) snow

   Synonym: salji

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “salji or salju”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 373

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Etymology

From Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ṯalg-.

Noun

salju (Sundanese script ᮞᮜ᮪ᮏᮥ)

1. snow