jurusan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed jurus +‎ -an, from Malay jurusan.

  • Semantic loan from Dutch richting (“major, specialisation, subject, course”, literally “direction”) for the senses in education.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒuˈrʊsan]
  • Rhymes: -san, -an, -n
  • Hyphenation: ju‧rus‧an

Noun

jurusan (plural jurusan-jurusan, first-person possessive jurusanku, second-person possessive jurusanmu, third-person possessive jurusannya)

  1. direction
    Synonyms: arah, tujuan
  2. (education) major: the principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
    Synonyms: jurusan, program studi
  3. (education) course: a learning programme, whether a single class or (UK) a major area of study.
    Synonyms: jurusan, program studi
    Synonym: kursus (Standard Malay)
  4. (education) subject cluster, subject stream, track: subject grouping at secondary education.

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