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cagar

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɡar/

“cagar” is an Indonesian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. guarantee, pledge, security
  2. advance payment, down payment
  3. reserve, preserve

Etymology

Inherited from Malay cagar, from Old Javanese cagĕr (“to guarantee, ensure”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *gar, *cgar, *cgaːr (“to fence, to enclose”). * The sense of reserve, preserve is semantic loan from Javanese ꦕꦒꦂ (cagar, “preservation”), from the same Old Javanese cagĕr (“to guarantee, to ensure”).

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