mahkamah

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Indonesian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Malay mahkamah, from Classical Malay mahkamah, from Arabic مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama, court).[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

mahkamah (plural mahkamah-mahkamah, first-person possessive mahkamahku, second-person possessive mahkamahmu, third-person possessive mahkamahnya)

  1. (law) court:
    Synonyms: meja hijau, pengadilan
    1. the persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
    2. the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

Usage notes

[edit]

The term usually used for highest tier court, preferred to used if the court only have one tier.

Compounds

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

[edit]

Malay

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama, court).

Noun

[edit]

mahkamah (Jawi spelling محکمه, plural mahkamah-mahkamah, informal 1st possessive mahkamahku, 2nd possessive mahkamahmu, 3rd possessive mahkamahnya)

  1. (law) court; tribunal
[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Indonesian: mahkamah

Further reading

[edit]