Jakarta

English

Alternative forms

• Djakarta

Etymology

Derives from Sanskrit जयकर्त (jayakarta, “that which causes victory”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə

Proper noun

Jakarta

1. The capital city of Indonesia.

Derived terms

• Jakartan

Translations

capital of Indonesia

• Arabic: جَاكَرْتَا f (jakartā)
• Armenian: Ջակարտա (J̌akarta)
• Azerbaijani: Cakarta
• Belarusian: Джака́рта f (Džakárta)
• Bengali: জাকার্তা (Jakarta)
• Bulgarian: Джака́рта f (Džakárta)
• Burmese: ဂျကာတာ (gya.kata)
• Catalan: Jakarta
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雅加達／雅加达 (zh) (Yǎjiādá), 雅加达 (zh) (Yǎjiādá)

• Czech: Jakarta (cs) f
• Danish: Jakarta
• Dutch: Jakarta (nl)
• Esperanto: Ĝakarto (eo)
• Estonian: Jakarta (et)
• Finnish: Jakarta (fi)
• French: Jakarta (fr), Djakarta
• Georgian: ჯაკარტა (ǯaḳarṭa)
• German: Jakarta (de) n
• Greek: Τζακάρτα (el) f (Tzakárta), Βαταβία f (Vatavía) (historical)
• Hebrew: ג׳קרטה
• Hindi: जकार्ता (jakārtā)
• Icelandic: Djakarta
• Indonesian: Jakarta (id); Djakarta (dated), Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta, Batavia (historical)
• Irish: Iacárta
• Italian: Giacarta f
• Japanese: ジャカルタ (ja) (Jakaruta)
• Kazakh: Джакарта (Djakarta)
• Khmer: ចាការតា (caakaataa)
• Korean: 자카르타 (Jakareuta)
• Kyrgyz: Джакарта (Djakarta)
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• Lao: ຈາກາຕາ (chā kā tā)
• Latvian: Džakarta
• Lithuanian: Džakarta
• Macedonian: Џакарта f (Džakarta)
• Malay: Jakarta
• Maltese: Ġakarta f
• Marathi: जकार्ता (Jakārtā)
• Mongolian: Жакарта (Žakarta)
• Navajo: Jakʼáta
• Persian: جاکارتا (jâkârtâ)
• Polish: Dżakarta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Jacarta f
• Russian: Джака́рта (ru) f (Džakárta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Џакарта f

  Roman: Džakarta f

• Sinhalese: ජකාර්තා (jakārtā)
• Slovak: Jakarta f
• Slovene: Džakarta f
• Spanish: Yakarta (es) f
• Tajik: Ҷакарта (Jakarta)
• Tamil: ஜகார்த்தா (jakārttā)
• Tatar: Джакарта (Djaqarta)
• Thai: จาการ์ตา (jaa-gaa-dtâa)
• Turkish: Cakarta
• Turkmen: Jakarta
• Ukrainian: Джака́рта f (Džakárta)
• Urdu: جکارتہ (jakārtā)
• Uzbek: Jakarta
• Vietnamese: Jakarta
• Welsh: Jakarta

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Indonesian

Etymology

Derives from Sanskrit जयकर्त (jayakarta, “that which causes victory”), from जय (jaya, “glory”) +‎ कृत (kṛta, “done, accomplished”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaka(r)ta/
• Hyphenation: ja‧kar‧ta

Proper noun

Jakarta

1. Jakarta

Alternative forms

• Djakarta (dated, pre-1967)

Synonyms

• Sunda Kelapa
• Jayakarta
• Batavia

Further reading

• “Jakarta” 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.

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaka(r)tə/
• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaka(r)ta/
• Rhymes: -a(r)tə, -tə, -ə

Proper noun

Jakarta

1. Jakarta

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Jakarta f

1. Alternative spelling of Jacarta