pegawai negeri sipil

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of pegawai (“employee”) +‎ negeri (“government”) +‎ sipil (“civilian”, literally “civil”), calque from Japanese 国家公務員(こっかこうむいん) (kokkakōmuin, “national public servant; national government employee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɡawaj nəˈɡəri ˈsipil/ [pəˈɡa.wai̯ nəˈɡə.ri ˈsi.pɪl]

Noun

pegawai negeri sipil (plural pegawai-pegawai negeri sipil, first-person possessive pegawai negeri sipilku, second-person possessive pegawai negeri sipilmu, third-person possessive pegawai negeri sipilnya)

1. civil servant
   1. a person employed in the civil service; a government employee
   2. (government) a civil state apparatus, who has been appointed permanently (career) and is entitled to a certain position in his/her task force. [from 2014]

      Hypernym: aparatur sipil negara

      Coordinate terms: pegawai negeri sipil, pegawai pemerintah dengan perjanjian kerja

Alternative forms

• PNS

Further reading

• “pegawai negeri sipil” 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.