pengadilan negeri

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of pengadilan (“court”) +‎ negeri (“district”), calque from Japanese 地方法院(ちほうほういん) (chihōhōin), term used in East Asia, except for Japanese home islands, 地方裁判所(ちほうさいばんしょ) (chihōsaibansho).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəŋaˈdɪlan nəɡəˈri]

Noun

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

1. (law) district court.

Further reading

• “pengadilan negeri” 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.