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Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed jagal (“butcher”) + peng- -an, borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦼꦗꦒꦭꦤ꧀ (pejagalan, “abattoir, slaughterhouse”), from Old Javanese pajagalan (“place for slaughtering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə.d͡ʒa.ˈɡal.an/
- Hyphenation: pê‧ja‧gal‧an
Noun
pêjagalan (plural pejagalan-pejagalan)
- abattoir, slaughterhouse
- Synonyms: abatoar, pejagalan, rumah jagal, rumah pemotongan, rumah potong, pembantaian
- Synonyms: pembantaian, rumah sembelih (Standard Malay)
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