jenis

From Malay jenis, from Arabic جِنْس (jins). Doublet of genus, gender, and genre.

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒəˈnɪs]
• Hyphenation: jê‧nis

jenis (plural jenis-jenis, first-person possessive jenisku, second-person possessive jenismu, third-person possessive jenisnya)

1. type, kind

   Synonym: macam

2. quality

   Synonym: mutu

3. (biology) species

   Synonym: spesies

4. sex, gender

• jenis kesenian
• jenis kelamin

• “jenis” 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.

• Rhymes: -is

jenis (Jawi spelling جنيس, plural jenis-jenis, informal 1st possessive jenisku, 2nd possessive jenismu, 3rd possessive jenisnya)

1. type

• penjenisan

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