objek

Objek is the Indonesian term for “object” used across everyday language and various disciplines. It denotes anything that can be perceived, defined, or considered, including physical items and abstract concepts. The word is borrowed from European languages, notably Dutch and English, and has become a standard term in modern Indonesian.

In everyday usage, objek refers to tangible things such as a statue, a building, or a product. The term also appears in compound expressions like objek wisata (tourist attraction) and objek penelitian (research subject), illustrating its broad applicability in describing things of interest or study.

In grammar and linguistics, objek means the direct object of a sentence—the entity that receives the action of a transitive verb. Indonesian relies on word order to indicate this role rather than case marking, so the object typically appears after the verb or as the focus of the clause.

In philosophy and science, objek denotes the object of knowledge or of perception—the thing under consideration or observation. It is often contrasted with subjek, the subject or knower, to describe the relationship between observer and observed.

In computer science, objek is the Indonesian term for an object in object-oriented programming. An object is an instance of a class that encapsulates data (attributes) and behavior (methods). Objects enable software engineers to model real-world entities and support concepts such as encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.