perawat

Indonesian

Etymology

From peng- +‎ rawat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈrawat/ [pəˈra.wat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -awat
• Syllabification: pe‧ra‧wat

Noun

perawat (first-person possessive perawatku, second-person possessive perawatmu, third-person possessive perawatnya)

1. nurse
2. (rare) caretaker

Synonyms

• juru rawat, ners, suster
• jururawat (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• “perawat” 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.