gereja

From Malay gereja.

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈrɛd͡ʒa/, [ɡəˈrɛ.d͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: gê‧rè‧ja

gereja (first-person possessive gerejaku, second-person possessive gerejamu, third-person possessive gerejanya)

1. (Christianity) church:
   1. A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
   2. A particular denomination of Christianity.

• “gereja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Portuguese igreja, from Old Galician-Portuguese ygreja, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ɡəred͡ʒə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ɡəred͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -ed͡ʒə, -d͡ʒə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

gereja (Jawi spelling ݢرجا‎ or ݢريجا‎, plural gereja-gereja, informal 1st possessive gerejaku, 2nd possessive gerejamu, 3rd possessive gerejanya)

1. (Christianity) church (a house of worship)

• “gereja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.