kejaksaan negeri

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kejaksaan (“prosecutor office”) +‎ negeri (“state”), calque of Japanese 地方檢察局(ちほうけんさつきょく) (chihōkensatsukyoku, literally “district public prosecutor office”).

Noun

kejaksaan negeri (first-person possessive kejaksaan negeriku, second-person possessive kejaksaan negerimu, third-person possessive kejaksaan negerinya)

1. (law) kabupaten and kota-level prosecutor office.

Alternative forms

• kejari

Further reading

• “kejaksaan negeri” 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.