sarjana utama

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• SU (initialism, post-nominal letter)

Etymology

Compound of sarjana (“scholar; bachelor”) +‎ utama (“best; principal”), probably calque from Chinese 碩士／硕士 (shuòshì, “master's degree”, literally “eminent scholar”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /sarˌd͡ʒana uˈtama/ [sarˌd͡ʒa.na uˈt̪a.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: sar‧ja‧na u‧ta‧ma

Noun

sarjana utama (plural sarjana-sarjana utama)

1. (education, dated) master's degree

   Synonyms: magister, master

   Coordinate terms: sarjana muda, sarjana

Further reading

• “sarjana utama”, 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