tanggal merah

Indonesian

Christmas day (25 Dec) is one of tanggal merah in Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of tanggal (“date”) +‎ merah (“red”) as international convention to mark holiday in calendar with red colour. Compare to Cantonese 紅日／红日 (hung⁴ jat^6-2), Norwegian Bokmål rød dag, Swedish röd dag, and English red letter day.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡal ˈmɛrah/

Phrase

tanggal merah

(colloquial) holiday: a day declared free from work by the state or government.
Synonym: hari libur

Atasan meminta Saudara masuk kerja pada tanggal merah.^[1] ― Your boss asks you to come for work on holiday.

References

^ Adi Utarini (2020) Tak Kenal Maka Tak Sayang: Penelitian Kualitatif dalam Pelayanan Kesehatan [Out of sight, out of mind: qualitative research in health care] (in Indonesian), Yogyakarta: UGM Press, →ISBN, page 12

Further reading

“tanggal merah” 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.

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