adipati

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay adipati, from Classical Malay اديڤتي (adipati, “king”), from Javanese adipati (ꦲꦢꦶꦥꦠꦶ, “king, queen; prince”), from Old Javanese adhipati (“ruler; king”), from Sanskrit अधिपति (adhipati, “ruler, king; commander”), compound of अधि (adhi) +‎ पति (pati). Equivalent to adi- +‎ patih.

• Semantic loan from Banjarese dipati, from the same etymology.
• Semantic loan from English duke or Dutch hertog for duke sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [adiˈpa.ti]
• Hyphenation: adi‧pa‧ti

Noun

adipati (plural adipati-adipati, first-person possessive adipatiku, second-person possessive adipatimu, third-person possessive adipatinya)

1. duke:
   1. the male ruler of a duchy (kadipaten).
   2. (historical) The official title of the rulers of former states in Kalimantan, such as Banjar, Sambas, and Tanjungpura.
   3. (historical) The official title of the bupatis in Dutch East Indies period.

Related terms

• bupati
• kadipaten
• pati
• patih
• senapati

 

Further reading

• “adipati” 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.
• Morel, Casparus Johannus (1875) “adipati”, in Nieuw Laagmaleisch-Nederlandsch woordenbooekje: bevattende de meest in gebruik zijnde woorden en spraakwendingen, ten dienste van hen, die zich op de beoefening van het Laagmaleisch, en der Maleisch-sprekenden, die zich op het Nederlandsch willen toeleggen‎^[1], H. M. van Dorp

Javanese

Romanization

adipati

1. Romanization of ꦲꦢꦶꦥꦠꦶ

Latin

Noun

adipātī

1. genitive singular of adipātum