algojo
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese algoz (“executioner; tormentor”), from Arabic الغُزّ (al-ḡuzz, “Oghuz, a tribe of kafir Turkic mercenary”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalgojo (first-person possessive algojoku, second-person possessive algojomu, third-person possessive algojonya)
- executioner, an official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- “algojo” 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.
Javanese
editRomanization
editalgojo
- Romanization of ꦲꦭ꧀ꦒꦺꦴꦗꦺꦴ