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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay keluarga (“family”). Compare to Javanese ꦏꦸꦭꦮꦂꦒ (kulawarga) and ꦏꦮꦸꦭꦮꦂꦒ (kawulawarga).
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Noun
kêluarga (plural keluarga-keluarga)
- family:
- a group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
- a (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
- any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- (set theory) class, a collection of sets definable by a shared property.
- Synonym: kelas
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Malay
Etymology
Compound of Sanskrit कुल (kula, “family; clan; lineage”) + वर्ग (varga, “class; clan; family”), probably via Javanese ꦏꦸꦭꦮꦂꦒ (kulawarga). Compare to ꦏꦮꦸꦭꦮꦂꦒ (kawulawarga).
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Noun
keluarga (Jawi spelling کلوارݢ, plural keluarga-keluarga, informal 1st possessive keluargaku, 2nd possessive keluargamu, 3rd possessive keluarganya)
- family (father, mother and their sons and daughters)
- family (group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom)
- (biology, taxonomy) family, organism class category ranking below order and above genus
Keluarga saya bercuti ke Jepun.- My family went to Japan for a holiday.
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