pengadilan tinggi

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of pengadilan (“court”) +‎ tinggi (“high”), calque from Japanese 高等法院(こうとうほういん) (kōtōhōin, literally “higher + court”), term used in East Asia. Continuation of Dutch raad van justisie, Japanese 高等法院(こうとうほういん) (kōtōhōin, “appellate court”, literally “higher + court”), and Dutch appelraad (“appellate court”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəŋaˈdɪlan ˈtɪŋɡi]

Noun

pengadilan tinggi (first-person possessive pengadilan tinggiku, second-person possessive pengadilan tinggimu, third-person possessive pengadilan tingginya)

1. (law) provincial court.

Compounds

• pengadilan tinggi agama
• pengadilan tinggi tata usaha negara

 

Further reading

• “pengadilan tinggi” 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.