nasional

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch nationaal, from French national.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [na.siˈo.nal]
  • Hyphenation: na‧si‧o‧nal
  • Rhymes: -nal, -al

Adjective

nasional

  1. national

Derived terms

  • kenasionalan
  • menasional
  • menasionalkan
  • penasionalan

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English national,[1] from Middle French national.

Pronunciation

  • (English-based) IPA(key): [nɛ.ʃə.nəl]
    • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
    • Rhymes: -nəl, -əl
    • Hyphenation: na‧sio‧nal
  • (Baku) IPA(key): [na.si.o.nal]
    • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
    • Rhymes: -nal, -al
    • Hyphenation: na‧si‧o‧nal

Adjective

nasional (Jawi spelling ناسيونل)

  1. Relating to or characteristic of a nation; national.
    Synonym: kebangsaan

Affixations

  • kenasionalan

References

  1. ^ Asmah Haji Omar (1978) “The Role of Language Standardisation in the Coining of Technical Terms in Bahasa Malaysia”, in Papers from the Conference on the Standardisation of Asian Languages, Manila, Philippines, December 16-21, 1974[1], page 239:The word nasional, for instance, has been adapted from the English word national.

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