musyawarah

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُشَاوَرَة (mušāwara, “consultation; deliberation; conference”). Compare Malay مشوارت (mesyuarat) and Malay masoewarat (“conference”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muʃaˈwarah/
• Hyphenation: mu‧sya‧wa‧rah
• Rhymes: -rah, -ah, -h

Noun

musyawarah (plural musyawarah-musyawarah, first-person possessive musyawarahku, second-person possessive musyawarahmu, third-person possessive musyawarahnya)

1. consultation; deliberation

Alternative forms

• musyawarat
• musawarah

Synonyms

• perundingan
• perembukan

Derived terms

• bermusyawarah
• memusyawarahkan
• permusyawarahan

 

Further reading

• “musyawarah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.