Tarung

Tarung is a term in Indonesian and Malay that means fight or combat. As a verb, tarung can indicate the act of fighting; as a noun, it refers to a fight or bout. In everyday language, tarung can describe a range of confrontations from disputes to physical contests.

In sports and martial arts, tarung is used to describe organized bouts or training practices. The word appears in discussions of traditional and modern combat disciplines and is common in media coverage of fighting events. Depending on the context, tarung can refer to different formats of fighting and competition, encompassing various techniques and rules established by organizations or communities.

Linguistically, tarung is related to the broader Indonesian word pertarungan, which also denotes combat or struggle. The tarung vocabulary is part of a family of terms used to describe conflict in Malay and Indonesian usage, spanning everyday speech and formal or ceremonial contexts.

See also: pertarungan.