bank sentral

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of bank +‎ sentral (“central”), calque of Dutch centrale bank (“central bank”).

Noun

bank sentral (first-person possessive bank sentralku, second-person possessive bank sentralmu, third-person possessive bank sentralnya)

1. (economics) central bank.

Synonyms

• bank pusat (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
• bank rizab (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• “bank sentral” 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.