panitia
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay panitia (“committee”), from Javanese ꦥꦤꦶꦠꦾ (panitya, “committee”), from Old Javanese pa- + nīti (“correct procedure; prudence; plan of action”) + -a, from Sanskrit नीति (nīti, “leading; behavior; policy, ethics”).
- Displaced Dutch comité (“committee”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [paˈnitia̯]
- Hyphenation: pa‧ni‧tia
- Rhymes: -tia̯, -ia̯, -a
Noun
panitia (plural panitia-panitia)
Synonyms
Indonesian:
Standard Malay:
Derived terms
- kepanitiaan
- memanitiai
- panitia bersama
- panitia kecil
- panitia kerja
- panitia pelaksana
- panitia pembantu
- panitia pengarah
- panitia peraturan
- panitia perumus
- panitia verifikasi
Further reading
- “panitia” 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.