Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. country, land
  2. state (polity)
    sekolah negeristate school, public school
  3. hometown
  4. district
    Synonyms: distrik, nagari
    pengadilan negeridistrict court
    kejaksaan negeridistrict prosecutor office

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, city).

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -i

Noun edit

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 negerioverseas (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 Selangorthe state of Selangor (one of 13 constituent states of Malaysia)

Synonyms edit