List of borrowed words in Indonesian

List of borrowed words in Indonesian

From Sanskrit {| border cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" |style="width:10em"|aksara || letter |- |bahasa || language |- |bakti, bhakti || homage, devotion, service etc. |- |berita || news |- |budi || reason |- |bumi || earth |- |cahaya || light |- |cakram, cakra || disk, sphere etc. |- |cakrawala || horizon |- |dana || alms |- |dharma, darma || duty, good deeds (i.e. charity), truth etc. |- |desa || village |- |guna || use, purpose |- |guru || teacher, guru |- |jasa || merit, service etc. |- |karma || karma |- |karya || work, oeuvre |- |kepala || head |- |kerja || work (same origin as karya) |- |mantra || mantra |- |menteri || minister (head of a government department) |- |nama || name |- |negara || country |- |negeri || city (lit.) |- |pahala || merit, reward (for moral conduct) |- |paksa || to force |- |pustaka || book |- |rasa || emotion, feeling, taste |- |sastra || literature |- |utara || north |- |warna || colour |- |warta || news (same origin as berita) |- |warta berita || news broadcast |}

From Arabic {| border cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" |style="width:10em"|akal || reason |- |akhir || end |- |akhlak || moral |- |badan || body |- |kitab || book |- |kursi || chair |- |ma'af || sorry, to apologise |- |maksud || meaning, purpose |- |masjid || mosque |- |murtad || apostate |- |musim || season |- |pikir || to think |- |waktu || time |- |zakat || alms |- |zaman, jaman || era |}

From Dutch {| border cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" |style="width:10em"|anggar || fencing (from French en Garde!) |- |arde || ground (Dutch. aarde = earth) |- |ban || tyre (Dutch band) |- |baskom, waskom || washbasin (Du waskom) |- |bengkel || workplace (Dutch winkel = store, originally angle) |- |bioskop || cinema |- |bruder || Roman Catholic friar (Dutch broeder = brother) |- |buku || book (Dutch boek) |- |dak || roof |- |ember || bucket (Dutch emmer) |- |engsel || hinges (Ducth hengsel) |- |handuk || towel (Dutch handdoek) |- |hanger || hanger |- |kabel || wire |- |kamar || room (Dutch kamer) |- |kantor || office (Dutch kantoor) |- |karcis || ticket (Dutch kaartjes = plural for diminutive of kaart, card or ticket) |- |kartu || card (Dutch kaart) |- |kelar || ready, finished (Du klaar) |- |kosen || window frame (Du kozijn) |- |laci || deskdrawer (Du laatje, diminutive form of la) |- |lampu || lamp |- |oom, om || uncle |- |pabrik || factory (Du fabriek) |- |plafon || ceiling (Du plafond, from French) |- |potlot || pencil (Du potlood) |- |sekrup || screw (Du schroef) |- |sepeda || bicycle (most probably from French velocipede) |- |slang || waterhose |- |tante || aunt |- |tegel || floor tile |- |telat || (too) late (Du te laat) |- |wastafel || sink |- |zuster, suster || nun, nurse, sister |}

From Chinese, mostly from Hokkien_(dialect) {| border cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" |style="width:10em"|amoi || Chinese girl |- |bakmie || noodle |- |bakso || meatball |- |dacin || balance scale |- |hoki || luck, lucky |- |kecap || soybean sauce, ketchup |- |mesiu || gunpowder (not clear whether of Chinese descent or not) |- |singkek || Chinese newcomer (derogative), pure blooded Chinese, i.e. not of mixed ancestry |- |tahu || tofu |- |teh || tea |- |Tionghoa || Chinese |- |Tiongkok || China |}

From French {| border cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" |style="width:10em"|kado || gift (FR: cadeau) |- |kudeta || coup d'etat (FR: coup d'etat) |}

From Portuguese {| border cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" |style="width:10em"|belanda || Dutch, Holland, any westerner (Port. Holanda) |- |beranda || veranda (Port. varanda) |- |biola || violin (Port. viola) |- |gardu || to guard, watch post (Port. guardo) |- |gereja || church (Port. igreja) |- |gubernur || governor (Port. governador) |- |keju || cheese (Port. queijo) |- |kemeja || shirt (Port. camisa) |- |kereta || chariot |- |lemari || case (cognate with English armoury) |- |meja || table (Port. mesa) |- |mentega || butter (Port. manteiga) |- |minggu || Sunday (Port. Domingo) |- |sepatu || shoe (Port. sapato) |- |tempo || time (Port. tempo) |- |terigu || flour (Port. trigo) |}

Recent borrowing from English {| border cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" |style="width:10em"|gosip || gossip |- |pensil || pencil |- |solusi || solution |- |target || target |- |topik || topic |}

See also: Indonesian language