jemaat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic جَمَاعَات (jamāʕāt), plural form of جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa, “congregation”). Doublet of jemaah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈmaat/ [d͡ʒəˈma.at̪̚]
• Rhymes: -aat
• Syllabification: je‧ma‧at

Noun

jêmaat (first-person possessive jemaatku, second-person possessive jemaatmu, third-person possessive jemaatnya)

1. (chiefly Christianity) congregation

   Synonym: jemaah

Further reading

• “jemaat” 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.