jaksa
Finnish
Verb
jaksa
- inflection of jaksaa:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay جقسا (jaksa, “judicial civil servant”), from Javanese ꦗꦏ꧀ꦱ (jaksa, “prosecutor; auditor”), from Old Javanese dyakṣa, dhyakṣa, adhyakṣa (“inspector, superintendent, supervisor, guardian; highest judicial official”), from Sanskrit अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣa, “inspector, chairperson”). Doublet of adiaksa. The sense of prosecutor is a semantic loan from Dutch officier van justitie and Japanese 檢事 (kenji).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒak̚sa]
- Rhymes: -sa, -a
- Hyphenation: jak‧sa
Noun
jaksa (plural jaksa-jaksa)
- (law) prosecutor: a prosecuting attorney
Affixed terms
Compounds
- jaksa agung
- jaksa agung muda
- jaksa penuntut umum
- jaksa tinggi
Descendants
- → Min Nan: 若卅
Further reading
- “jaksa” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
jaksa
- romanization of ꦗꦏ꧀ꦱ