kejaksaan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Affixed jaksa + ke- -an. Attested since Japanese occupation period as translation of Japanese 檢察局 (kensatsukyoku, “prosecutor office”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kêjaksaan (plural kejaksaan-kejaksaan, first-person possessive kejaksaanku, second-person possessive kejaksaanmu, third-person possessive kejaksaannya)
- (law) prosecutor office, procuratorate, procuracy.
- (law) prosecution power.
Alternative forms edit
- kedjaksaan (pre-1967 Indonesian)
Affixed terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kejaksaan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.