sapi perah
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- sapi perahan
Etymology
Compound of sapi (“cow, cattle”) + perah.
Noun
sapi perah (plural sapi-sapi perah)
- dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow
- (figurative) cash cow, money-spinner, golden goose, milch cow
Further reading
- “sapi perah”, 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