judul

Judul is a noun in Indonesian that refers to the name by which a work is identified. It corresponds to the English word "title" and is used for books, articles, films, songs, plays, and other creative or official works. The term appears in everyday language as well as in cataloging, librarianship, and academic writing to designate the identifier of a work rather than its content.

Use of a judul in text and citations follows conventions that help readers recognize the work. In bibliographic entries, the title functions as a key identifier and is typically placed after the author's name and publication details. For shorter works such as articles, poems, or short stories, the title is often enclosed in quotation marks; for longer works like books, journals, films, or albums, the title is usually set in italics when formatting is possible.

In Indonesian typography, capitalization of titles varies by style, but a common approach is to capitalize the first word and any proper nouns, with other words kept in lowercase unless a specific style guide dictates otherwise. When plain text cannot render italics, quotation marks are often used to indicate a title.

Examples include Laskar Pelangi, a novel by Andrea Hirata, which demonstrates how a judul serves as the stable reference name for a work across editions and formats.