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, first-person possessive pidanaku, second-person possessive pidanamu, third-person possessive pidananya)

1. (law) crime: a specific act committed in violation of the law.

   Synonyms: jinayah, kejahatan, kriminal, perkara

   Synonym: jenayah (Standard Malay)

2. (law) punishment, penalty, sanction.

   Synonyms: hukuman, sanksi

3. (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.