dalal

From an Indian language (compare Hindi दलाल (dalāl)), from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl).

dalal (plural dalals)

1. (India) A broker; a middleman.

• dellal, deloll (obsolete)

• dalaal
• dilal

Inherited from Malay dalal (“agent; broker; commission, fee”), from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl, “auctioneer, broker, pimp”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdalal/ [ˈda.lal]
• Rhymes: -alal
• Syllabification: da‧lal

dalal (plural dalal-dalal or para dalal)

1. (economics, management, trading) agent (one who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from them; someone entrusted to do the business of another)

   Synonyms: agen, penghubung, perantara, wakil jual, bandar, pengedar, pemasok, penyalur

2. (economics, management, trading) broker

   Synonyms: cengkau, makelar, perantara, pialang, talang

3. commission, fee
4. mediator

   Synonym: mediator

5. synonym of penunjuk jalan

• “dalal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016