mengaji
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed kaji + meng-. Doublet of mengkaji.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˈŋad͡ʒi/ [məˈŋa.d͡ʒi]
- Rhymes: -ad͡ʒi
- Syllabification: me‧nga‧ji
Verb
mengaji (active mengaji, ordinary passive dikaji)
- (intransitive, Islam) to read Quran
- (transitive, Islam) to study Quran, Arabic, or Islamic study
- (transitive, rare) to study
- Synonym: mengkaji
Derived terms
- mengaji adat
- mengaji alif-alif
- mengaji batang
- mengaji tasawuf
Further reading
- “mengaji” 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.