negara

See also: negará

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian negara, from Malay negara, borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of Angkor and Nagari.

Noun

negara (plural negaras)

1. (historical) A constituent state of Indonesia when it was under Dutch control.

Anagrams

• Argean, Grenaa, Raegan, Reagan

Balinese

Etymology

From Old Javanese nagara, from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “town, city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəɡarə/

Noun

negara (Balinese script ᬦᬵᬕᬭ or ᬦᭂᬕᬭ)

1. town
2. land

Betawi

Alternative forms

• negarè (Meester dialect)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Javanese negara (“country”), from Old Javanese nagara (“country, palace”), from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”).

Pronunciation

• (literary) IPA^(key): /nəɡara/
• (Meester) IPA^(key): [nə.ɡa.ˈrɛ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ra

Noun

negara

1. country

Galician

Verb

negara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of negar

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

negara

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Malay negara, borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of nagari and negeri.

• Displaced Dutch staat (“state (political entity)”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /nəˈɡara/ [nəˈɡa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ne‧ga‧ra

• Audio:

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Noun

nêgara (plural negara-negara)

1. country, state, nation, polity

   Synonyms: negeri, tanah, tanah air, desa, luar kota

Derived terms

• bernegara
• kenegaraan
• menegara

• bahasa negara
• berita negara
• lembaran negara
• lintas negara
• negara bagian
• negara barat
• negara barbaria
• negara berkembang
• negara besar
• negara boneka
• negara debitur
• negara federal
• negara federasi
• negara gereja
• negara gundal
• negara hukum
• negara induk
• negara industri
• negara Islam
• negara kapitalis
• negara kekuasaan
• negara kepulauan
• negara kerajaan
• negara kesatuan
• negara kesejahteraan
• negara konfederasi
• negara korporasi
• negara kota
• negara kreditor
• negara maju
• negara nonblok
• negara otoriter
• negara Pancasila
• negara penyangga
• negara persemakmuran
• negara polisi
• negara protektorat
• negara pulau
• negara satelit
• negara sekuler
• negara sekutu
• negara sentral
• negara serikat
• negara teluk
• negara terbelakang
• negara Tirai Bambu
• negara Tirai Besi
• negara totaliter
• negara transit
• perusahaan negara
• ujian negara

Descendants

• → English: negara

Further reading

• “negara” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

negara

1. romanization of ꦤꦼꦒꦫ

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

negara

Wikipedia ^ms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəˈɡara/ [nəˈɡa.ra]

Noun

negara (Jawi spelling نݢارا, plural negara-negara)

1. country; nation; sovereign state
   • 2018 February 16, Normazlina M.D, “Simbol negara merdeka [Symbol of an independent nation]”, in Media Permata‎, archived from the original on 18 August 2019:

     Bendera negara bukan hanya sekadar sehelai kain yang mempunyai warna atau motif tertentu bahkan ia adalah simbol identiti sesebuah negara yang merdeka lagi berdaulat.

     The national flag is not just a piece of cloth that has a certain color or motif. In fact, it is a symbol of the identity of a nation that is independent and sovereign.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bernegara [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• kenegaraan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• negarawan
• Rukun Negara

Descendants

• Indonesian: negara
  • → English: negara

See also

• negeri (“constituent state”)

Further reading

• “negara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "negara" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɡa.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɡa.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɡa.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈɡa.ɾɐ/ [nɨˈɣa.ɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ra

Verb

negara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of negar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈɡaɾa/ [neˈɣ̞a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: ne‧ga‧ra

Verb

negara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of negar