permaisuri

From Malay permaisuri, from Classical Malay permaisuri, from Tamil பரமேஸ்வரி (paramēsvari), from Sanskrit परमेश्वरी (parameśvarī, “supreme lady”). Compare to Javanese ꦥꦿꦩꦺꦱ꧀ꦮꦫꦶ (praméswari, “queen”), Old Javanese pramiswari (“queen”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərmai̯ˈsuri/ [pər.mai̯ˈsu.ri]
• Rhymes: -uri
• Syllabification: per‧mai‧su‧ri

permaisuri (plural permaisuri-permaisuri)

1. queen consort

   Synonym: ratu

• “permaisuri” 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.

From Tamil பரமேஸ்வரி (paramēsvari), from Sanskrit परमेश्वरी (parameśvarī, “supreme lady”).

• IPA^(key): [pə(r).mai̯.su.ri]
• Rhymes: -ri, -i
• Hyphenation: per‧mai‧su‧ri

permaisuri (Jawi spelling ڤرمايسوري, plural permaisuri-permaisuri)

1. A queen:
   1. A queen consort; wife of a king.

      Synonym: ratu

   2. (uncommon) A queen regnant; a female head of state.

      Synonym: ratu

   3. (literary) A wife.

      Synonyms: isteri, bini

   4. (sports) The queen piece in chess.

      Synonyms: bendahara, menteri, ratu

The term ratu is usually used for queens regnant while permaisuri is usually used for queens consort.

• Indonesian: permaisuri
• → Thai: ประไหมสุหรี

• “permaisuri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.