bupati

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese bupati (ꦧꦸꦥꦠꦶ), from Sanskrit भूपति (bhūpati) < भूमिपति (bhūmipati), compound of भूमि (bhūmi, “land”) +‎ पति (pati, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.pa.ti/
• Hyphenation: bu‧pa‧ti

Noun

bupati (first-person possessive bupatiku, second-person possessive bupatimu, third-person possessive bupatinya)

1. regent (high government official)
2. The person in charge of a county-level district in Indonesia known as a kabupaten.

Related terms

• kabupaten

 

Further reading

• “bupati” 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.