jenis kelamin

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of jenis (“distinguish”) +‎ kelamin (“sex”), from calque from Chinese 性別／性别 (“sex, gender”, literally “sex + distinguish”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˌnis kəˈlamin/ [d͡ʒəˌnɪs kəˈla.mɪn]
  • Syllabification: je‧nis ke‧la‧min

Noun

jenis kelamin (plural jenis-jenis kelamin)

  1. gender, biological sex
    Synonyms: jantina, kelamin, seks

Further reading

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