marsekal

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch maarschalk (compare Afrikaans maarskalk), from Middle Dutch maerschalc, maerscalc, marscalc, from Old Dutch mariskalk, from Proto-West Germanic *marhaskalk (compare French maréchal), from Proto-Germanic *marhaz (“horse”) + *skalkaz (“servant, knight”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /marsəˈkal/ [mar.səˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mar‧se‧kal

Noun

marsêkal (plural marsekal-marsekal)

1. marshal:
   1. (military) a military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States

Alternative forms

• marsyal (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• marsekal besar
• marsekal madya
• marsekal muda
• marsekal pertama

Further reading

• “marsekal”, 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