halaman belakang
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of halaman (“yard; page”) + belakang (“back”).
Noun
halaman belakang (plural halaman-halaman belakang)
Further reading
- “halaman belakang”, 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
Malay
Etymology
Compound of halaman (“yard”) + belakang (“back”). Calque of English backyard.
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /haˌlaman bəˈlakaŋ/ [haˌla.mam bəˈla.kaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aman, -man, -an
- Hyphenation: ha‧la‧man‧be‧la‧kang
Noun
halaman belakang (Jawi spelling هلامن بلاکڠ, plural halaman-halaman belakang or halaman2 belakang)
- backyard
- Synonym: pekarangan (Indonesian)