bupati

Balinese

Etymology

From Old Javanese bhūpati (king), from Sanskrit भूपति (bhūpati) < भूमिपति (bhūmipati), compound of भूमि (bhūmi, land) +‎ पति (pati, lord). Cognate of Indonesian bupati, Javanese ꦧꦸꦥꦠꦶ (bupati).

Noun

bupati (Balinese script ᬪᬹᬧᬢᬶ)

  1. king
  2. regent:
    1. a high government official
    2. The person in charge of a county-level district in Indonesia known as a kabupaten.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese bupati, from Old Javanese bhūpati (king), from Sanskrit भूपति (bhūpati) < भूमिपति (bhūmipati), compound of भूमि (bhūmi, land) +‎ पति (pati, lord). Cognate of Balinese bupati.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /buˈpati/ [buˈpa.t̪i]
  • Rhymes: -ati
  • Syllabification: bu‧pa‧ti

Noun

bupati (plural bupati-bupati)

  1. regent (high government official)
  2. the person in charge of a county-level district in Indonesia known as a kabupaten

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

bupati

  1. romanization of ꦧꦸꦥꦠꦶ