politikus

From Dutch politicus, from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós).

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politikus (plural politici)

1. politician

Borrowed from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós, “of citizens or the state”).^[1] With -ikus ending.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolitikuʃ]
• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧kus
• Rhymes: -uʃ

politikus (plural politikusok)

1. politician

• Appendix:Hungarian words ending in -ikus

• politikus in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Malay politikus, from Dutch politicus, from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós).

The derogatory sense is from rebracketing to poli- (“many”) +‎ tikus (“rat”) or politik (“politics”) +‎ tikus (“rat”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /poliˈtikus/ [po.liˈt̪i.kʊs]
• Rhymes: -ikus
• Syllabification: po‧li‧ti‧kus

politikus (plural politikus-politikus)

1. politician

   Synonym: politisi

2. (derogatory, slang) corrupt politician

• “politikus” 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 Dutch politicus, from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós). First attested directly as politicus in the Kitab Vortaro in 1923.^[1]

The derogatory sense of this word is derived from another word, tikus (“mouse”), implying that the mentioned politician is a coward.

politikus (Jawi spelling ڤوليتيکوس, plural politikus-politikus)

1. politician

   Synonym: ahli politik

   • 1993, “Anak-Anak Kita [Our Children]”, performed by M. Nasir:

     Selamatkan anak kita
     Orde baru politikus usang

     Save our children
     new order, [but same] old politicians

2. (derogatory, politics, slang) corrupt or unpopular politician

• polikatak (“frog politician, a politician who jumps to another party”) (neologism, derogatory)

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