nagari
See also: Nagari
English edit
Etymology edit
From Indonesian nagari, ultimately from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).
Noun edit
nagari (plural nagaris)
- A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
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Verb edit
nagari
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Minangkabau nagari, from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”). Doublet of negara and negeri.
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Noun edit
nagari (first-person possessive nagariku, second-person possessive nagarimu, third-person possessive nagarinya)
- An administrative unit below kecamatan in West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages. Created based on historical nagari in Minangkabau land.
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Further reading edit
- “nagari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.