siasat

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay siasat, from Classical Malay سياست (siasat), from Persian سياست (siyâsat), from Arabic سِيَاسَة (siyāsa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈa.sat/, [siˈa.sat̪̚]
  • Hyphenation: si‧a‧sat
  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

siasat (plural siasat-siasat)

  1. examination, investigation, inquiry; investigative question
  2. tactics
  3. tact, discretion
  4. method, plan, operating system
  5. politics, strategy
  6. criticism
  7. (dated) punishment; penalty; chastisement

Derived terms

  • bersiasat
  • menyiasat
  • menyiasati
  • menyiasatkan

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سياست (siyâsat), from Arabic سِيَاسَة (siyāsa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsjasat/ [ˈsja.sat̪̚]

Noun

siasat (Jawi spelling سياست, plural siasat-siasat)

  1. investigative inquiry; investigation
  2. inspection; examination
  3. government; control
  4. tactics
  5. tact, discretion
  6. method, plan, operating system
  7. politics, strategy
  8. criticism
  9. (dated) punishment; penalty; chastisement
    Synonym: hukuman

Verb

siasat (Jawi spelling سياست)

  1. to investigate

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penyiasat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penyiasatan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • siasatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • menyiasat [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menyiasatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • menyiasati [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • disiasat [patient focus] (di-)
  • disiasatkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • disiasati [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
  • bersiasat [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: siasat
  • → Tagalog: siyasat

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.