rumah sakit jiwa

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of rumah sakit (“hospital”) +‎ jiwa (“soul”), calque of Dutch psychiatrisch ziekenhuis (“psychiatric hospital”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌrumah ˌsakit ˈd͡ʒiwa/ [ˌru.mah ˌsa.kɪt̪̚ ˈd͡ʒi.wa]
  • Syllabification: ru‧mah sa‧kit ji‧wa

Noun

rumah sakit jiwa (plural rumah-rumah sakit jiwa)

  1. (healthcare) mental hospital, psychiatric hospital: hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders

Alternative forms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.