negeri

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay negeri, from Classical Malay negeri (“settlement”), from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”). Doublet of nagari and negara.

• The sense of district was reinforced as translation of Japanese 地方(ちほ) (chiho, “district, province, area”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəɡəri/
• Rhymes: -ri, -i
• Hyphenation: nê‧gê‧ri

Noun

nêgêri (plural negeri-negeri, first-person possessive negeriku, second-person possessive negerimu, third-person possessive negerinya)

1. country, land
2. state (polity)

   sekolah negeri ― state school, public school

3. hometown
4. district

   pengadilan negeri ― district court

   kejaksaan negeri ― district prosecutor office

   Synonyms: distrik, nagari

Derived terms

• kenegerian

 

• negeri antah berantah
• negeri atas angin
• negeri awak
• negeri bawah angin
• negeri beruang merah
• negeri ginseng
• negeri jiran
• negeri kanguru
• negeri keju
• negeri kincir angin
• negeri kiwi
• negeri kuntum mawar
• negeri matahari terbit
• negeri orang
• negeri paman Sam
• negeri pantun
• negeri ramal
• negeri sakura
• negeri samba
• negeri seribu satu malam
• negeri tango
• negeri tirai bambu
• negeri tirai besi

 

• ayam negeri
• dalam negeri
• kejaksaan negeri
• luar negeri
• pengadilan negeri
• sekolah negeri

 

Related terms

• nagari
• negara

 

Further reading

• “negeri” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).

Noun

nĕgĕri (plural negeri-negeri, informal 1st possessive negeriku, 2nd possessive negerimu, 3rd possessive negerinya)

1. state,
   1. country, any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.

      luar negeri ― overseas (lit. "outside the state")

   2. a political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States or Germany.

      negeri Selangor ― the state of Selangor (one of 13 constituent states of Malaysia)

Synonyms

• negara (“country”)
• (political division of a federation): negara bagian (Indonesian)