zeni
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch genie. Doublet of enjin, insinyur, and genius.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /zəˈni/ [zəˈni]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ze‧ni
Noun
zêni (plural zeni-zeni)
- combat engineer, a soldier who performs a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions
Further reading
- “zeni” 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.
Japanese
Romanization
zeni
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
zeni (Cyrillic spelling зени)
- dative/locative singular of zena