jurusan
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Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed jurus + -an, from Malay jurusan.
- Semantic loan from Dutch richting (“major, specialisation, subject, course”, literally “direction”) for the senses in education.
Pronunciation
Noun
jurusan (plural jurusan-jurusan, first-person possessive jurusanku, second-person possessive jurusanmu, third-person possessive jurusannya)
- direction
- (education) major: the principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
- Synonyms: jurusan, program studi
- (education) course: a learning programme, whether a single class or (UK) a major area of study.
- Synonyms: jurusan, program studi
- Synonym: kursus (Standard Malay)
- (education) subject cluster, subject stream, track: subject grouping at secondary education.
Further reading
- “jurusan” 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.