menteri

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• manti
• mentri

Etymology

From Malay menteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī). Doublet of mandarin, manti, and mantri.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /məntəˈri/ [mən.t̪əˈri]
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Syllabification: men‧te‧ri
  • IPA^(key): /mənˈtri/ [mənˈt̪ri]

    • Audio:

      (file)

    • Rhymes: -i

Noun

mêntêri (plural menteri-menteri or para menteri)

1. (government) minister (politician who heads a ministry)

   Synonym: (obsolete) nayaka

2. (chess) queen (a chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful)

   Synonyms: ratu, ster

3. (chess) bishop (the chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝)

   Synonyms: gajah, luncup, loper

Derived terms

• bermenteri
• kementerian

Compounds

• menteri ad interim
• menteri ex officio
• menteri keuangan (“finance minister”)
• menteri koordinator (“coordinating minister”)
• menteri muda (“junior minister”)
• menteri negara (“minister of state”)
• menteri pertama (“first minister”)

• dewan menteri (“cabinet, council of ministers”)
• perdana menteri (“prime minister”)
• wakil menteri (“undersecretary”)

Related terms

• mandarin
• mantri

See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
raja	menteri, patih, ratu, ster	benteng	gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur	kuda	bidak, pion, prajurit

Further reading

• “menteri” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī), from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”). Doublet of manteri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mən.tə.ri]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: men‧te‧ri

Noun

mĕntĕri (Jawi spelling منتري, plural menteri-menteri)

1. (government) A minister; the head of a ministry.

   menteri luar negeri ― minister of foreign affairs

2. (archaic, historical) A high-ranking officer (the sultan's adviser, etc.).
   • 1812, William Marsden, A Dictionary of the Malayan language in two parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan‎^[1], →OCLC, page 2:

     Pada sūltan atau pada mantrī-nia

     To the sultan or to his ministers

3. (sports) The queen piece in chess.

   Synonyms: bendahara, permaisuri, ratu

Affixations

• kementerian (“ministry”)

Compounds

• ketua menteri
• menteri besar
• menteri dalam negeri
• menteri luar negeri
• menteri muda
• perdana menteri
• wakil menteri

Descendants

• Indonesian: menteri
• → Portuguese: mandarim (see there for further descendants)

See also

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text)
raja, syah راج, شاه	bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو	benteng, tir بينتيڠ, تير	gajah ݢاجه	kuda کودا	bidak, piadah, pion بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون

References

• Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 114
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “منتري mĕntĕri”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 135
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “منتري mantĕri, mĕntĕri or munteri”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 675
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “mĕntĕri”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 131

Further reading

• “menteri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.