negeri
Indonesian
Etymology
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 (chihō, “district, province, area”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈnəɡəri/ [ˈnə.ɡə.ri]
- Rhymes: -əɡəri
- Syllabification: ne‧ge‧ri
Noun
nêgêri (plural negeri-negeri)
Derived terms
- kenegerian
- negeri antah berantah
- negeri asal
- negeri atas angin
- negeri awak
- negeri bawah angin
- negeri berkerajaan
- 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
- negeri upeti
- ayam negeri
- dalam negeri
- kejaksaan negeri
- luar negeri
- pegawai negeri
- pendidikan negeri
- pengadilan negeri
- sekolah negeri
- sistem kepegawaian negeri
Related terms
Further reading
- “negeri” 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.
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnəɡəri/ [ˈnə.ɡə.ri]
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
negeri (Jawi spelling نݢري, plural negeri-negeri)
- 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
- negara (“country”)
- (political division of a federation): negara bagian (Indonesian)