jaksa
Finnish edit
Verb edit
jaksa
- inflection of jaksaa:
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Malay jaksa, from Javanese ꦗꦏ꧀ꦱ (jaksa, “prosecutor; auditor”), from Old Javanese dyakṣa, dhyakṣa, adhyakṣa (“inspector, superintendent, supervisor, guardian; highest judicial official”), from Sanskrit अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣa, “inspector, chairperson”). Doublet of adiaksa. The sense of prosecutor is a semantic loan from Dutch officier van justitie and Japanese 檢事 (kenji).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jaksa (plural jaksa-jaksa, first-person possessive jaksaku, second-person possessive jaksamu, third-person possessive jaksanya)
- (law) prosecutor: a prosecuting attorney.
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Compounds edit
Descendants edit
- → Min Nan: 若卅
Further reading edit
- “jaksa” 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
jaksa
- Romanization of ꦗꦏ꧀ꦱ