menteri

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• manti
• mentri

Etymology

From Malay menteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī). Doublet of mandarin, manti, and mantri.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /məntəˈri/ [mən̪.t̪əˈri]
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Syllabification: men‧te‧ri
  • IPA^(key): /mənˈtri/ [mən̪ˈt̪ri]

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    • Rhymes: -i

Noun

mêntêri (plural menteri-menteri or para menteri)

1. (government) minister (politician who heads a ministry)

   Synonym: (obsolete) nayaka

2. (chess) queen (a chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful)

   Synonyms: ratu, ster

3. (chess) bishop (the chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝)

   Synonyms: gajah, luncup, loper

Derived terms

• bermenteri
• kementerian

Compounds

• menteri ad interim
• menteri ex officio
• menteri keuangan (“finance minister”)
• menteri koordinator (“coordinating minister”)
• menteri muda (“junior minister”)
• menteri negara (“minister of state”)
• menteri pertama (“first minister”)

• dewan menteri (“cabinet, council of ministers”)
• perdana menteri (“prime minister”)
• wakil menteri (“undersecretary”)

Related terms

• mandarin
• mantri

See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
raja	menteri, patih, ratu, ster	benteng	gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur	kuda	bidak, pion, prajurit

Further reading

• “menteri”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántras

Sanskrit मन्त्र॑ (mántra)

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-in-

Sanskrit -इन् (-in)

Sanskrit म॒न्त्रिन् (mantrín)bor.

Malay menteri

Borrowed from Sanskrit म॒न्त्री (mantrī́, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”). Doublet of manteri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məntəˈri/ [mən̪.t̪əˈri]
• Rhymes: -ri, -i
• Hyphenation: men‧te‧ri

Noun

menteri (Jawi spelling منتري, plural menteri-menteri or menteri²)

1. (government) A minister (head of a ministry).

   menteri luar negeri ― minister of foreign affairs

2. (archaic, historical) A high-ranking officer (the sultan's adviser, etc.).
   • 1812, William Marsden, A Dictionary of the Malayan language in two parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan‎^[1], →OCLC, page 2:

     Pada sūltan atau pada mantrī-nia

     To the sultan or to his ministers

3. (chess) The queen piece in chess.

   Synonyms: bendahara, permaisuri, ratu

Derived terms

Affixations

• kementerian (“ministry”)

Compounds

• ketua menteri
• menteri besar
• menteri dalam negeri
• menteri luar negeri
• menteri muda
• perdana menteri
• wakil menteri

Descendants

• > Indonesian: menteri (inherited)
• → Portuguese: mandarim (see there for further descendants)

See also

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text)
raja, syah راج, شاه	bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو	benteng, tir بينتيڠ, تير	gajah ݢاجه	kuda کودا	bidak, piadah, pion بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون

References

• Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 114
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “منتري mĕntĕri”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 135
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “منتري mantĕri, mĕntĕri or munteri”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 675
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “mĕntĕri”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 131

Further reading

• "menteri" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017