otoritas
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Dutch autoriteit, from Middle Dutch auctoriteit, from Old French auctorité, from Latin auctoritas (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”). The current form is influenced by the suffix -itas. Cognate with Piawai Malay autoriti.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /otoˈritas/ [o.t̪oˈri.t̪as]
- Rhymes: -itas
- Syllabification: o‧to‧ri‧tas
Noun
otoritas (countable and uncountable, plural otoritas-otoritas)
- (uncountable) authority (power to enforce rules or give orders)
- Synonyms: kewenangan, wewenang
- (countable) authority (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)
Derived terms
- keotoritasan
Compounds
- otoritas bandar udara
- otoritas bea
- otoritas bursa
- otoritas domain
- otoritas federal
- otoritas fiskal
- otoritas gerejawi
- otoritas ilmiah
- otoritas imigrasi
- otoritas jasa keuangan
- otoritas kehakiman
- otoritas keilmuan
- otoritas kesehatan
- otoritas lokal
- otoritas moneter
- otoritas nasional
- otoritas pajak
- otoritas pasar modal
- otoritas pelabuhan
- otoritas pendudukan
- otoritas penerbangan
- otoritas perpajakan
- otoritas prefektur
- otoritas publik
- otoritas setempat
- otoritas terpusat
- otoritas tertinggi
- otoritas veteriner
- otoritas yudisial
Related terms
Further reading
- “otoritas” 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.