prajurit

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Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦿꦗꦸꦫꦶꦠ꧀ (prajurit, “soldier, troop”), from Old Javanese prajurit (“warrior, soldier”). Reconstructed as para jurit.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pra‧ju‧rit

Noun

prajurit (plural prajurit-prajurit, first-person possessive prajuritku, second-person possessive prajuritmu, third-person possessive prajuritnya)

  1. army
    Synonyms: bala, laskar, pasukan, sena, serdadu, tentara
  2. private: a soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
    Synonym: tamtama
  3. (chess) pawn
    Synonyms: bidak, piadah, pion

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See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
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raja menteri, patih, ratu, ster benteng gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur kuda bidak, pion, prajurit

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

prajurit

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦿꦗꦸꦫꦶꦠ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed jurit (“battle”) +‎ pra-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pra.d͡ʒu.rɪt/
  • Rhymes: -rɪt
  • Hyphenation: pra‧ju‧rit

Adjective

prajurit

  1. warlike

Noun

prajurit

  1. soldier
  2. warrior

Descendants

Further reading

  • "prajurit" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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