haram jadah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay haram jadah, ultimately derived from Persian حرامزاده (harām zāde) of حرام (harām, “forbidden, illegitimate”) + زاده (zāde, “offspring”). [1]
Noun
- (derogatory, vulgar) bastard; illegitimate child
Interjection
- (rare, derogatory, vulgar) son of a bitch
References
- ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
Further reading
- “haram jadah” 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.