sijil
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay sijil, from Arabic سِجِلّ (sijill, “register, registry, record, list, log”), from Byzantine Greek σιγίλλιον, σιγίλλον (sigíllion, sigíllon), ultimately from Latin sigillum (“little sign”). Doublet of segel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sid͡ʒɪl/
- Hyphenation: si‧jil
Noun
sijil
- folded paper
- (passing) certificate
- Synonyms: sertifikat, ijazah
- (nautical) crew list
Further reading
- “sijil” 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.