pasar gelap
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of pasar (“market”) + gelap (“dark”), calque of Chinese 黑市 (literally “dark market”) or calque of Japanese 闇市 (yamīchi, literally “dark market”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpasar ɡəˈlap̚]
Noun
pasar gelap (first-person possessive pasar gelapku, second-person possessive pasar gelapmu, third-person possessive pasar gelapnya)
- (business, economics) black market; illicit market; under the counter business.
Synonyms
- pasaran gelap (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “pasar gelap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.