panitera

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦥꦤꦶꦠꦿ (panitra, “secretary”), from Old Javanese panitra, prefixed pa- +‎ citra, from Sanskrit चित्र (citrá, “picture”). Equivalent to peng- +‎ citra. Semantic loan from Dutch griffier (“registrar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [panitəˈra]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ni‧tê‧ra

Noun

panitera (plural panitera-panitera, first-person possessive paniteraku, second-person possessive paniteramu, third-person possessive paniteranya)

1. clerk, registrar, secretary.

   Synonyms: kerani, klerek, penulis, sekretaris

2. secretary of the court

Derived terms

affixed terms

• kepaniteraan

 

compounds

• panitera pengganti

 

Further reading

• “panitera” 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.