sayembara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sayembara, from Sanskrit स्वयंवर (svayaṃvara, “self-choice [of husband by nobility daughter]”). Cognate of Old Javanese swayambara, Javanese sayembara (ꦱꦪꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦫ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sajəmˈbara]
Hyphenation: sa‧yêm‧ba‧ra

Noun

sayêmbara (first-person possessive sayembaraku, second-person possessive sayembaramu, third-person possessive sayembaranya)

contest, competition.
Synonym: perlombaan

Affixed terms

menyayembarakan

Further reading

“sayembara” 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.

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