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 (chiho, “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 Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).
Noun[edit]
nĕgĕri (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)
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