Yogyakarta

English

Alternative forms

• Jogjakarta

Etymology

From Indonesian Yogyakarta, from Javanese ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ (Ngayogyakarta).

Proper noun

Yogyakarta

1. A city, the provincial capital of Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2. An autonomous region of Indonesia

   Synonym: Special Region of Yogyakarta

3. A sultanate in Java

Translations

city in Indonesia

• Amharic: ዮጊያካርታ (yogiyakarta)
• Bengali: যোগকর্তা (jōgokorta)
• Bulgarian: Джокякарта (Džokjakarta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日惹 (zh) (Rìrě)

• Dutch: Yogyakarta (nl)
• German: Yogyakarta (de)
• Greek: Γιογκιακάρτα (Giogkiakárta)
• Gujarati: યોગકર્તા (yogkartā)
• Indonesian: Yogyakarta (id), Jogjakarta (nonstandard), Jogja (informal)
• Japanese: ジョグジャカルタ (Jogujakaruta)
• Javanese: ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ (ngayogyakarta)
• Kazakh: Йогьякарта (İogäkarta)
• Khmer: យូយ៉ាកាតា (yuuyaakaataa)
• Korean: 족자카르타 (jokjakareuta)
• Macedonian: Јогјакарта (Jogjakarta)
• Malay: Yogyakarta
• Marathi: योग्यकर्ता (yogyakartā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Йогьякарта (Jogʹjakarta)

• Nepali: योगकर्ता (yogakartā)
• Odia: ଯୋଗୀକାର (jogikāra)
• Persian: یوگیاکارتا (yôgyâkârtâ)
• Portuguese: Yogyakarta
• Russian: Джокьякарта (ru) (Džokʹjakarta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Иогиакарта

  Roman: Iogiakarta

• Tajik: Йогякарта (Yogyakarta)
• Tamil: யோக்கியகர்த்தா (yōkkiyakarttā)
• Telugu: యోగ్యకర్త (yōgyakarta)
• Thai: ยอกยาการ์ตา (yɔɔk-yaa-kaa-taa)
• Turkish: Yogyakarta
• Ukrainian: Джок'якарта (Džokʺjakarta)
• Urdu: یوگیکارتا (Yogyakarta)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ (Ngayogyakarta), from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā, “Ayodhya”, literally “unconquerable citadel”) +‎ कृत (kṛta, “done, accomplished”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /joɡjaˈkarta/ [jok̚.jaˈkar.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -arta
• Syllabification: Yog‧ya‧kar‧ta

Proper noun

Yogyakarta

1. Yogyakarta (a city, the provincial capital of Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
2. Yogyakarta (an autonomous region of Indonesia)

   Synonym: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

3. the sultanate in Java

Alternative forms

• Jogjakarta, Jogja
• Jokjakarta (dated)

Further reading

• “Yogyakarta” 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.