kedokteran jiwa

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kedokteran (“medicine”) +‎ jiwa (“soul”), calque from Japanese 精神医学(せいしんいがく) (seishin'igaku, “psychiatry”, literally “mind medicine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.dɔk.ˈtər.an ˈd͡ʒi.wa/

Noun

kedokteran jiwa (first-person possessive kedokteran jiwaku, second-person possessive kedokteran jiwamu, third-person possessive kedokteran jiwanya)

1. (medicine) psychiatry

   Synonym: psikiatri

Alternative forms

• KJ

Further reading

• “kedokteran jiwa” 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.