dokter

See also: Dokter and dökter

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dokter, from doctor, from Middle Dutch doctoor, from Latin doctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk.tər/

• Audio:

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Noun

dokter (plural dokters, diminutive doktertjie)

1. medical doctor, physician

   Synonym: arts

Derived terms

• snydokter

Dutch

Etymology

From doctor, assimilated to Dutch phonetics through common use, from Middle Dutch doctoor, from Latin doctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk.tər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dok‧ter

Noun

dokter m (plural dokters or doktoren, diminutive doktertje n, feminine doktores)

1. doctor (physician, medical doctor)

Synonyms

• arts
• geneesheer, geneesvrouw

Derived terms

• doktersafspraak
• dokterspost
• dokterspraktijk
• dokterstas
• dokterswacht
• stadsdokter
• toverdokter
• wonderdokter

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dokter
• Jersey Dutch: dâktor
• Negerhollands: doktu, dokter
• → Caribbean Hindustani: dáktar
• → Caribbean Javanese: dhokter
• → Indonesian: dokter
  • → Balinese: dokter
  • → Javanese: dhokter
  • → Minangkabau: doto, dotor
  • → Nias: doto
  • → Sundanese: dokter
  • → Ternate: dokter
• → Papiamentu: dòkter, dòchter, dòktu, dokter
• → Sranan Tongo: datra
  • → Aukan: dataa
  • → Kari'na: datra
  • → Trió: ratra

See also

• doctor

Indonesian

Dokter

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch dokter (“doctor (physician, medical doctor)”), from doctor, from Middle Dutch doctoor, from Latin doctor (“teacher, instructor”). Doublet of doktor.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdoktər/ [ˈdok̚.t̪ər]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oktər
• Syllabification: dok‧ter

Noun

doktêr (plural dokter-dokter or para dokter)

1. doctor, a physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured

   Synonym: (uncommon) tabib

Alternative forms

• dok (apocopic)
• doktor (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

• kedokteran

Compounds

• dokter anak
• dokter bedah
• dokter forensik
• dokter gigi
• dokter hewan
• dokter hotel
• dokter jaga
• dokter jawa
• dokter jiwa
• dokter keluarga
• dokter mata
• dokter praktik umum
• dokter pribadi
• dokter spesialis
• dokter umum

Related terms

• doktor
• doktoral
• doktoranda
• doktorandus

Descendants

• → Balinese: dokter
• → Javanese: dhokter
• → Minangkabau: doto, dotor
• → Nias: doto
• → Sundanese: dokter
• → Ternate: dokter

Further reading

• “dokter”, 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

Ternate

Dokter.

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian dokter, from Dutch dokter, from doctor, from Middle Dutch doctoor, from Latin doctor (“teacher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdokteɾ]

Noun

dokter

1. doctor, physician

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 29