pesawat udara

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of pesawat (“machine”) +‎ udara (“air”). Modelled after pesawat terbang. Compare to Chinese 航空器 (“aircraft”, literally “aviation (ship + air) + machine”)

Noun

pesawat udara (plural pesawat-pesawat udara)

1. aircraft

Related terms

• pesawat terbang
• kapal udara

Further reading

• “pesawat udara”, 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
• pesawat udara on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id