takjil

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْجِيل (taʕjīl), verbal noun of عَجِلَ (ʕajila, “to hurry”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtakd͡ʒil/ [ˈt̪ak̚.d͡ʒɪl]
• Rhymes: -akd͡ʒil
• Syllabification: tak‧jil

Verb

takjil

1. (Islam) to hurry, to speed up, to be done quickly

Noun

takjil (plural takjil-takjil)

1. snacks and drinks to break the fast

   Synonym: perbukaan

Alternative forms

• takjilan

Derived terms

• takjilan

Further reading

• “takjil”, 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