penjuru

Affixed peng- +‎ juru, inherited from Malay penjuru.

• IPA^(key): [pənˈd͡ʒuru]
• Hyphenation: pên‧ju‧ru

penjuru (plural penjuru-penjuru)

1. corner

   Synonyms: pojok, sudut

2. direction

   Synonym: arah

• “penjuru” 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.

• IPA^(key): /pənd͡ʒuru/
• Rhymes: -ru, -u

Affixation of peng- +‎ juru (“corner”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuRu.

penjuru (Jawi spelling ڤنجورو, plural penjuru-penjuru)

1. A corner.

   Synonyms: sudut, pelosok, pojok

• Indonesian: penjuru

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penjuru (Jawi spelling ڤنجورو, plural penjuru-penjuru)

1. (archaic) A police officer or a soldier.

   Synonyms: polis, mata-mata, askar, perajurit

penjuru (Jawi spelling ڤنجورو)

1. (archaic) Brave or courageous.

   Synonyms: berani, gagah

• “penjuru” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*zuRu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI