jangan

Borrowed from Old Javanese jaṅan (“a soup-like dish”), gaṅan (“vegetables”)

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaŋan/

jangan (Balinese script ᬚᬗᬦ᭄) (alus mider)

1. vegetable

   Synonym: (andap) jukut

• “jangan” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• djangan (1947–1972)

From Malay jangan, from Classical Malay جاڠن (jangan), from Old Malay jāṅan, from Proto-Malayic *jaŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaŋan.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaŋan/ [ˈd͡ʒa.ŋan]
• Rhymes: -aŋan
• Syllabification: ja‧ngan

jangan

1. expresses that something is forbidden or shouldn't happen: don't!

   Jangan bohong. ― Don't lie.

   Jangan mencuri. ― Thou shalt not steal. / Don't steal.

• “jangan” 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.

From Proto-Malayic *jaŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaŋan.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (jāṅan).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaŋan/ [ˈd͡ʒa.ŋan]
• Rhymes: -aŋan, -ŋan, -an
• Hyphenation: ja‧ngan

jangan (Jawi spelling جاڠن)

1. don't (do not); marks the negative imperative
   • 1612, Albert Cornelius Ruyl, Translation of the Gospel of Matthew into Malay, 3:8:

     dan jangan kamu berfikir atu berkata: kita punya Ibrahim akan bappa kami

     ...and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’

   • 2005 February 27, Mohd Rizman Mat Arip, “Prime Land for Sale”, in sg.singnet.marketplace (Usenet):

     Jangan persiakan-siakan masa […]

     Don’t waste time

• Indonesian: jangan
• North Moluccan Malay: jang

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