orang ketiga

Compound of orang (literally “person”) +‎ ketiga (“third”).

• for grammar and linguistics senses, calque of Dutch derde persoon (“third person”)
• for sense of other man and other woman, probably calque from Chinese 第三者 (dìsānzhě, “the other man, the other women”, literally “third party”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔraŋ kəˈtiɡa]

orang ketiga

1. (grammar, linguistics) third person
2. the other man; the other woman

   Synonyms: kekasih gelap, selingkuhan

• “orang ketiga”, 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