anjar
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic أَنْجَر (ʾanjar, “anchor”), from Persian لنگر (langar), from Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra). Doublet of angker, anjer, anjir, and jangkar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈand͡ʒar/
- Hyphenation: an‧jar
Noun
anjar (first-person possessive anjarku, second-person possessive anjarmu, third-person possessive anjarnya)
- anchor.
- Synonyms: angker, jangkar, sauh
Further reading
- “anjar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.