surat kematian

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of surat (“document, letter”) +‎ kematian (“death”), calque of Dutch doodceel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsurat̚ kəmaˈtian]

Noun

surat kematian (first-person possessive surat kematianku, second-person possessive surat kematianmu, third-person possessive surat kematiannya)

1. (healthcare) death certificate: a document issued by a medical practitioner, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.

   Synonym: akta kematian

Further reading

• “surat kematian” 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.