keluarga

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay keluarga (“family”). Compare to Javanese ꦏꦸꦭꦮꦂꦒ (kulawarga) and ꦏꦮꦸꦭꦮꦂꦒ (kawulawarga).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəluˈarɡa/ [kə.luˈar.ɡa]

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• Rhymes: -arɡa
• Syllabification: ke‧lu‧ar‧ga

Noun

kêluarga (plural keluarga-keluarga)

1. family:
   1. a group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
   2. a (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
   3. any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
2. (set theory) class, a collection of sets definable by a shared property.

   Synonym: kelas

Affixed terms

• berkeluarga
• kekeluargaan
• perkeluargaan

 

Compounds

• keluarga batih
• keluarga berantakan
• keluarga berencana
• keluarga besar
• keluarga bilateral
• keluarga elementer
• keluarga inti
• keluarga kecil
• keluarga kerajaan
• keluarga lingkaran
• keluarga luas
• keluarga miskin
• keluarga parsial
• keluarga paternal
• keluarga retak
• keluarga sedarah
• keluarga semenda
• keluarga si putih
• keluarga tradisional

 

Related terms

• kawula

 

Further reading

• “keluarga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Compound of Sanskrit कुल (kula, “family; clan; lineage”) + वर्ग (varga, “class; clan; family”), probably via Javanese ꦏꦸꦭꦮꦂꦒ (kulawarga). Compare to ꦏꦮꦸꦭꦮꦂꦒ (kawulawarga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəluarɡa/
• Rhymes: -arɡa
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [kə.lʷä(r).ɡə]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

keluarga (Jawi spelling کلوارݢ, plural keluarga-keluarga, informal 1st possessive keluargaku, 2nd possessive keluargamu, 3rd possessive keluarganya)

1. family (father, mother and their sons and daughters)
2. family (group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom)
3. (biology, taxonomy) family, organism class category ranking below order and above genus

   Keluarga saya bercuti ke Jepun.

   My family went to Japan for a holiday.

Synonyms

• famili

Derived terms

• keluarga asas
• keluarga diraja

Descendants

• > Indonesian: keluarga (inherited)

Further reading

• “keluarga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.