negeri
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay negeri, from Classical Malay negeri (“settlement”), from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”). Doublet of nagari and negara.
- The sense of district was reinforced as translation of Japanese
地方 (chihō, “district, province, area”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nêgêri (plural negeri-negeri, first-person possessive negeriku, second-person possessive negerimu, third-person possessive negerinya)
Derived terms
[edit]- negeri antah berantah
- negeri atas angin
- negeri awak
- negeri bawah angin
- negeri beruang merah
- negeri ginseng
- negeri jiran
- negeri kanguru
- negeri keju
- negeri kincir angin
- negeri kiwi
- negeri kuntum mawar
- negeri matahari terbit
- negeri orang
- negeri paman Sam
- negeri pantun
- negeri ramal
- negeri sakura
- negeri samba
- negeri seribu satu malam
- negeri tango
- negeri tirai bambu
- negeri tirai besi
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “negeri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]negeri (Jawi spelling نݢري, plural negeri-negeri, informal 1st possessive negeriku, 2nd possessive negerimu, 3rd possessive negerinya)
- state,
- country, any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
- luar negeri ― overseas (lit. "outside the state")
- a political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States or Germany.
- negeri Selangor ― the state of Selangor (one of 13 constituent states of Malaysia)
- country, any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
Synonyms
[edit]- negara (“country”)
- (political division of a federation): negara bagian (Indonesian)
Descendants
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/ri
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ri/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/i
- Rhymes:Indonesian/i/3 syllables
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- Rhymes:Malay/i
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