mahkamah agung

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of mahkamah (“court”) +‎ agung (“supreme”), previously pengadilan agung (1942-1945), a calque of Japanese 最高法院(さいこうほういん) (saikōhōin, “supreme court”), term used in East Asia, except for Japanese home islands, 最高裁判所(さいこうさいばんしょ) (saikōsaibansho).

Noun

mahkamah agung (first-person possessive mahkamah agungku, second-person possessive mahkamah agungmu, third-person possessive mahkamah agungnya)

1. (law) supreme court: a court of law which represents the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction.

Further reading

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