mangkir

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mankeer, mankeren (“to be sick, to ail; to lack, to be missing”), from Middle French manquer, from Latin mancō, mancus (“maimed”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋkir/ [ˈmaŋ.kɪr]
• Rhymes: -aŋkir
• Syllabification: mang‧kir

Verb

mangkir

1. to be out, to be absent

   Synonym: absen

2. (dialect Berau Malay) to be admitted as inpatient [since 2025]

Derived terms

• kemangkiran
• pemangkir

Descendants

• → Malay: mangkir
• → Sabah Malay: mangkir

Further reading

• “mangkir”, 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