kerajaan
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) ke- + raja + -an. Either cognate with or derived from Malay kerajaan
Pronunciation
Noun
kerajaan
- government of a country or state
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kerajaan as (deprecated template usage) ke- + raja + -an.
Pronunciation
Noun
kêrajaan (first-person possessive kerajaanku, second-person possessive kerajaanmu, third-person possessive kerajaannya)
Synonyms
- (nation having as supreme ruler) monarki
Derived terms
Verb
kêrajaan
- (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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) ke- + raja + -an
Noun
kerajaan
- (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.
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