pembangunan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pembangunan. Equivalent to bangun +‎ peng- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəmbaˈŋunan/ [pəm.baˈŋu.nan]
• Rhymes: -unan
• Syllabification: pem‧ba‧ngu‧nan

Noun

pêmbangunan (uncountable)

1. building, construction

   Synonym: konstruksi

2. development

   Synonym: pengembangan

Hyponyms

• pembangunan antarnegara (“international development”)
• pembangunan dunia (“world development”)
• pembangunan ekonomi (“economic development”)
• pembangunan global (“global development”)
• pembangunan internasional (“international development”)
• pembangunan serba muka
• pembangunan sosial (“social development”)

Further reading

• “pembangunan”, 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

From bangun (literally “to wake up”) +‎ pem- -an.

Noun

pembangunan (Jawi spelling ڤمباڠونن, plural pembangunan-pembangunan or pembangunan²)

1. building (act or process of building)
2. development

Further reading

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