pegawai negeri
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of pegawai (“employee”) + negeri (“public”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pegawai negeri (plural pegawai-pegawai negeri, first-person possessive pegawai negeriku, second-person possessive pegawai negerimu, third-person possessive pegawai negerinya)
Synonyms edit
- amtenar
- pamong praja
- penjawat awam (Standard Malay)
Further reading edit
- “pegawai negeri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.