pengajar

peng- +‎ ajar

• IPA^(key): /pəŋad͡ʒar/
• Rhymes: -jar
• Hyphenation: pe‧nga‧jar

pengajar

1. teacher

Affixation of peng- +‎ ajar.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈŋad͡ʒar/ [pəˈŋa.d͡ʒar]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒar
• Syllabification: pe‧nga‧jar

pengajar (plural pengajar-pengajar)

1. teacher

   Synonym: guru

• “pengajar”, 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

Affixation of peng- (“agent noun prefix”) +‎ ajar (“to teach”).

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pəˈŋad͡ʒa(r)/ [pəˈŋa.d͡ʒa(r)]
  • Rhymes: -a(r)

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /pəˈŋad͡ʒar/ [pəˈŋa.d͡ʒar]
  • Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: pe‧nga‧jar

pengajar (Jawi spelling ڤڠاجر, plural pengajar-pengajar or pengajar²) (uncommon)

1. Synonym of guru (“teacher”)^[1]

• "pengajar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017