Pengajar
/pəŋˈa.dʒar/noun
An instructor or teacher.
Did you know?In Indonesian, pengajar is formed with the productive prefix peN- plus ajar, and the same root shows up in belajar (“to study”), revealing a whole family of learning words built around teaching and training.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
PMP
*ajar
“to teach, instruct”
Old Malay
Malay
ajar
“instruction, teaching; to teach”
Modern Indonesian
Indonesian
mengajar
“to teach”
Modern Indonesian
Indonesian
pengajar
“teacher, instructor”