bajingan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed bajing (“squirrel”) + -an, borrowed from Javanese bajingan (ꦧꦗꦶꦁꦔꦤ꧀).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.d͡ʒiŋ.an/
- Hyphenation: ba‧jing‧an
- Rhymes: -ŋan
Adjective
bajingan
- insolent
Noun
bajingan (plural bajingan-bajingan, first-person possessive bajinganku, second-person possessive bajinganmu, third-person possessive bajingannya)
- blackguard, scoundrel, rascal
- pickpocketer
- (colloquial, derogatory) criminal
- (colloquial, offensive) A generally despicable person
Further reading
- “bajingan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
bajingan
- Romanization of ꦧꦗꦶꦁꦔꦤ꧀