residen

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /reˈsidɛn/ [reˈsi.dɛn]
  • Rhymes: -idɛn
  • Syllabification: re‧si‧den

Noun

résidèn (plural residen-residen)

  1. resident:
    1. a person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area
    2. (historical) some official representatives of European colonial powers, while in theory diplomats, in practice exercised a degree of indirect rule, including in Dutch East Indies as head of Dutch residentie or Dutch afdeling
    3. (medicine) ellipsis of dokter residen (a physician receiving specialized medical training)

Affixed terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

residen (Jawi spelling ريسيدن or ريسيدين, plural residen-residen)

  1. (historical) A representative of the British government on occupied territory or in a protectorate of the British empire.
  2. (Indonesia) See Indonesian residen.

Affixations

Compounds

  • duta residen (resident ambassador)
  • residen jeneral (resident-general)

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: residen (inherited)
  • Chinese: 挨實嗹 / 挨实𪡏.[1]

References

  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

residen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of residir