gizi
See also: Gizi
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic غِذَاء (ḡiḏāʾ, “nourishment, sustenance, aliment, nutrition, food”).Coined by Indonesian nutritionist Poorwo Soedarmo in 1950s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡi.zi]
- Hyphenation: gi‧zi
Noun
gizi (first-person possessive giziku, second-person possessive gizimu, third-person possessive gizinya)
- nutrition, nutrient.
- Synonym: nutrisi
- Synonym: pemakanan (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- bergizi (“to contain nutrition, to have nutrition, to be nutritious”)
Further reading
- “gizi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.