pengadilan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed adil +‎ peng- -an. The sense of (law) court is reinforced by semantic loan from Japanese 法院(ほういん) (hōin) and Dutch gerecht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəŋaˈdɪlan]
  • Rhymes: -an, -n
  • Hyphenation: pêng‧a‧dil‧an

Noun

pêngadilan (plural pengadilan-pengadilan)

  1. (law) court:
    Synonyms: mahkamah, meja hijau
    1. the administration of law
    2. the persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases
    3. the session of a judicial assembly
    4. the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered
  2. (law) judgment, judgement: the act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge
    Synonyms: keputusan, putusan

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