camat

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃamat/ [ˈt͡ʃa.mat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -amat
• Syllabification: ca‧mat

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦩꦠ꧀ (camat).

Noun

camat (plural camat-camat or para camat)

1. (government) the chief executive officer in a third-level administrative division, kecamatan, in Indonesia

Derived terms

• kecamatan

Etymology 2

Noun

camat (plural camat-camat or para camat)

1. syllabic abbreviation of cadangan mati

Further reading

• “camat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016