jenis

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jenis, from Arabic جِنْس (jins). Doublet of genus, gender, and genre.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: jê‧nis

Noun

jenis (plural jenis-jenis, first-person possessive jenisku, second-person possessive jenismu, third-person possessive jenisnya)

  1. type, kind
    Synonym: macam
  2. quality
    Synonym: mutu
  3. (biology) species
    Synonym: spesies
  4. sex, gender

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Malay

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Noun

jenis (Jawi spelling جنيس, plural jenis-jenis, informal 1st possessive jenisku, 2nd possessive jenismu, 3rd possessive jenisnya)

  1. type

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