negara berkembang

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of negara (“country”) +‎ berkembang (“developing”, literally “flowering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nə.ˈɡa.ra bər.kəm.ˈbaŋ/

Noun

negara berkembang (plural negara-negara berkembang, first-person possessive negara berkembangku, second-person possessive negara berkembangmu, third-person possessive negara berkembangnya)

1. (economics, geography) developing country: a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries

   Synonym: negara membangun (Standard Malay)

   Antonym: negara maju

Further reading

• “negara berkembang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.