wakil rakyat

Indonesian

Etymology

From compound of wakil (“representative”) +‎ rakyat (“people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwakɪl ˈraʔjat̪̚]

Noun

wakil rakyat (first-person possessive wakil rakyatku, second-person possessive wakil rakyatmu, third-person possessive wakil rakyatnya)

1. (government, politics) people's representative.

   Synonym: utusan rakyat

Further reading

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