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)

  1. committee

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

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