borjuis

From Dutch bourgeois, from French bourgeois, from Old French borgeis (“town dweller”), from borc (“fortified place, town”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortress”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrgʰ- (“fortified elevation”).

• IPA^(key): [bɔrˈd͡ʒu.ɪs]
• Hyphenation: bor‧ju‧is

borjuis (plural borjuis-borjuis)

1. bourgeois

   Meskipun kaum merah sering berkata "ganyang borjuis" namun sekali mereka berkuasa mereka sendiri yang menjadi apa yang mereka tentangi.

   Although the Reds constantly say "down with the bourgeoisie" but once they assume power they become what they used to oppose.

• borju (slang)

• “borjuis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from English bourgeois, from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”)

• (Baku) IPA^(key): [bor.d͡ʒu.(w)is]

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• Rhymes: -uis, -is
• Hyphenation: bor‧ju‧is

borjuis (Jawi spelling بورجويس, plural borjuis-borjuis)

1. Bourgeois:
   1. (politics) The middle class.
   2. (usually derogatory) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
   3. (Marxism) A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.

• “borjuis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.