kerajaan

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From ke- +‎ raja +‎ -an. Either cognate with or derived from Malay kerajaan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.ra.d͡ʒa.ʔan/
• (contraction) IPA^(key): /kra.d͡ʒa.ʔan/

Noun

kerajaan

1. government of a country or state

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kerajaan as ke- +‎ raja +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kərad͡ʒaan/
• Hyphenation: kêrajaan

Noun

kêrajaan (plural kerajaan-kerajaan, first-person possessive kerajaanku, second-person possessive kerajaanmu, third-person possessive kerajaannya)

1. kingdom
2. rajahnate
3. (classic) kingship
4. (biology, taxonomy) kingdom

Synonyms

• (nation having as supreme ruler) monarki

Derived terms

• kerajaan absolut
• kerajaan konstitusional
• kerajaan mutlak
• kerajaan parlementer

 

Verb

kêrajaan

1. (classic) to become a king

   Jika ia kerajaan, tiada akan sempurna negeri ini. ― If he becomes a king, this nation will never be perfect.

See also

• kesultanan (“sultanate”), kekhalifahan (“caliphate”), kekaisaran (“empire”)

Further reading

• “kerajaan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

ke- +‎ raja +‎ -an

Noun

kerajaan

1. (Brunei, Malaysia) government (an organisation which has the power to enact and legislate laws within its area of jurisdiction)

Usage notes

• Indonesia and Singapore tends to use pemerintah instead in this sense, which has no monarchic connotations.