surat kabar
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of surat (“document”) + kabar (“news”), from Malay surat khabar, calque of Dutch nieuwsblad (“newspaper”). Popularised by Soerat Kabar Bahasa Melaijoe in 1856.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
surat kabar (plural surat-surat kabar, first-person possessive surat kabarku, second-person possessive surat kabarmu, third-person possessive surat kabarnya)
Alternative forms edit
- surat khabar (Malaysia, Singapore)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “surat kabar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.