pidana
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦥꦶꦢꦤ (pidana, “court punishment”), from Old Javanese pīḍana (“pressing or squeezing; of oppressing, paining, afflicting”), from Sanskrit पीडन (pīḍana, “press, suppress”). Semantic loan from Dutch strafrecht (“criminal law”, literally “punishment law”) as Dutch straf (“punishment, penalty, sanction”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈdana/
- Hyphenation: pi‧da‧na
Noun
pidana (plural pidana-pidana)
- (law) crime: a specific act committed in violation of the law
- (law) punishment, penalty, sanction
- (law) conviction
- Synonyms: ابتن, sabitan (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- berpidana
- dipidana
- memidana
- narapidana
- pemidanaan
- terpidana
- hukum acara pidana
- hukum pidana
- pidana anak-anak
- pidana badan
- pidana bersyarat
- pidana bersyarat anak
- pidana denda
- pidana khusus
- pidana kurungan
- pidana mati
- pidana pengawasan
- pidana penjara
- pidana pokok
- pidana tutupan
Further reading
- “pidana” 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.