amtenar

• ambtenaar (1901–1947)

From Premodern Malay amtenar, from Dutch ambtenaar.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /amtəˈnar/ [am.t̪əˈnar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: am‧te‧nar

amtênar (plural amtenar-amtenar)

1. (dated) civil servant

   Synonym: pamong praja

• “amtenar” 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.

amtenar

1. romanization of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦠꦼꦤꦂ

Ultimately from Dutch ambtenaar. Compare Indonesian amtenar.

• IPA^(key): [amtəˈnar]

amtenar (Sundanese script ᮃᮙ᮪ᮒᮨᮔᮁ)

1. (dated) civil servant
   • 1930, “Pangatoeran Nagara”, in Volksalmanak Soenda XII, Bale Poestaka, Onderstand, page 153:

     Amtĕnar noe tjĕkĕl gawe di Goepernemen pikeun sawatara waktoe oge bisa meunang onderstand pikeun sawatara waktoe lamoen dieureunkeun tina pagaweanana...

     [Amtenar nu cekel gawé di Gupernemen pikeun sawatara waktu ogé bisa meunang onderstand pikeun sawatara waktu lamun dieureunkeun tina pagawéanana...]

     Employees who work in the Government for a certain period of time can also receive social welfare for a certain period of time if they are terminated from their employment...