tanggal merah
Indonesian
Christmas day (25 Dec) is one of tanggal merah in Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of tanggal (“date”) + merah (“red”) as international convention to mark holiday in calendar with red colour. Compare to Cantonese 紅日／红日 (hung4 jat6-2), Norwegian Bokmål rød dag, Swedish röd dag, and English red letter day.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡal ˈmɛrah/
Phrase
- (colloquial) holiday: a day declared free from work by the state or government.
- Synonym: hari libur
- Atasan meminta Saudara masuk kerja pada tanggal merah.[1] ― Your boss asks you to come for work on holiday.
References
- Adi Utarini (2020) Tak Kenal Maka Tak Sayang: Penelitian Kualitatif dalam Pelayanan Kesehatan [Out of sight, out of mind: qualitative research in health care] (in Indonesian), Yogyakarta: UGM Press, →ISBN, page 12
Further reading
- “tanggal merah” 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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