remaja

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay remaja, from Javanese ꦉꦩꦗ (remaja, “adolescent”), from Old Javanese *rumāja (“young”), rāja (“king”) +‎ -um- (“become”), from Sanskrit राजा (rājā), nominative singular of राजन् (rājan, “king”). Cognate Sundanese rumaja.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /rəˈmad͡ʒa/ [rəˈma.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
• Syllabification: re‧ma‧ja

Noun

rêmaja (plural remaja-remaja, first-person possessive remajaku, second-person possessive remajamu, third-person possessive remajanya)

1. (countable) adolescent, teen, youth.

   Synonym: pemuda

   Marco menjual bajunya kepada kalangan remaja dan dewasa.

   Marco sells his clothes to both teenagers and adults.

2. (uncountable) adolescence: The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

Adjective

rêmaja

1. young.

   Synonym: muda

2. adolescence.

   Synonym: adolesens

Derived terms

• keremajaan
• meremajakan
• peremajaan

 

• kenakalan remaja
• remaja kencur

 

Related terms

• raja

 

Further reading

• “remaja” 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.