mujur
Iban
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mud͡ʒʊ(r)/
Adjective
mujur
Verb
mujur
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmud͡ʒur/ [ˈmu.d͡ʒʊr]
- Rhymes: -ud͡ʒur
- Syllabification: mu‧jur
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay mujur (“fortunate, lucky”).
Adjective
mujur (comparative lebih mujur, superlative paling mujur)
Derived terms
- kemujuran
- ketidakmujuran
- pemujur
- semujur
- semujur-mujurnya
Etymology 2
Inherited from Malay mujur (“propitious; straightforward”).
Adjective
mujur (comparative lebih mujur, superlative paling mujur)
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “mujur”, 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
From Classical Malay, ultimately from Sanskrit मूर्त (mūrta, “formed, embodied”) via semantic shift. In Malay, it developed the meaning of fortunate or luck.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu.d͡ʒur/
Adjective
mujur (comparative lebih mujur, superlative paling mujur)
- fortunate; lucky.
- Dia sangat mujur kerana tidak terlibat dalam kemalangan itu. ― He was very lucky not to be involved in that accident.
Adverb
mujur
- fortunately; by luck.
- Mujur kamu datang awal. ― Fortunately you came early.
Synonyms
- untung
- bernasib baik
Antonyms
Derived terms
Affixations
Compounds
- mujur juga
- mujurlah
Descendants
- > Indonesian: mujur (inherited)
Further reading
- "mujur" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017