tanda pagar

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of tanda (“sign, symbol”) +‎ pagar (“fence”), literally “fence symbol”, from Dutch hekje (“hash sign”), diminutive form of hek (“fence, stern”).

Noun

tanda pagar

  1. hash sign or number sign (the character #)
  2. (computing, Internet) hashtag (metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign, used to label content)

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