praja
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦥꦿꦗ (praja, “kingdom, realm; court; capital city”), from Old Javanese prajā (“all subjects, country, realms”), from Sanskrit प्रजा (prajā, “subject of a king, rule”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
praja (first-person possessive prajaku, second-person possessive prajamu, third-person possessive prajanya)
- nation, city
- (colloquial) civil servant, pamong praja.
- (colloquial) the candidate of pamong praja, who are educated by Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia).
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “praja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
praja
- Romanization of ꦥꦿꦗ
Sicilian edit
Alternative forms edit
- pilaja (Gallo-Italic of Sicily, Ferla~Sortino)
- spraja
- playa (borrowed recently from Spanish, because of the prestige)
Etymology edit
From Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).
Cognate with Galician praia, Portuguese praia Spanish playa, Catalan platja, Occitan plaja, French plage and Italian spiaggia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
praja f (plural praji)
- beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)