dokter

dokter

See also: Dokter and dökter

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dokter, from doctor, from Middle Dutch doctoor, from Latin doctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk.tər/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

dokter (plural dokters, diminutive doktertjie)

1. medical doctor, physician

   Synonym: arts

Derived terms

• snydokter

---

Dutch

Etymology

From doctor, assimilated to Dutch phonetics through common use, from Middle Dutch doctoor, from Latin doctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk.tər/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: dok‧ter

Noun

dokter m (plural dokters or doktoren, diminutive doktertje n, feminine doktores)

1. doctor (physician, medical doctor)

Synonyms

• arts
• geneesheer, geneesvrouw

Derived terms

• dokterspost
• dokterspraktijk
• dokterstas
• dokterswacht
• stadsdokter
• toverdokter
• wonderdokter

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dokter
• Jersey Dutch: dâktor
• Negerhollands: doktu, dokter
• → Caribbean Hindustani: dáktar
• → Caribbean Javanese: dhokter
• → Indonesian: dokter
  • → Balinese: ᬤᭀᬓ᭄ᬢᭂᬃ (dokter)
  • → Javanese: ꦝꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦠꦼꦂ (dhokter)
  • → Minangkabau: doto, dotor
  • → Nias: doto
  • → Sundanese: ᮓᮧᮊ᮪ᮒᮨᮁ (dokter)
  • → Ternate: dokter
• → Papiamentu: dòkter, dòchter, dòktu, dokter
• → Sranan Tongo: datra
  • → Aukan: dataa
  • → Galibi Carib: datra
  • → Trió: ratra

See also

• doctor

---

Indonesian

Dokter

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch dokter (“doctor (physician, medical doctor)”), from doctor, from Middle Dutch doctoor, from Latin doctor (“teacher, instructor”). Doublet of doktor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔktər/
• Hyphenation: dok‧têr

Noun

doktêr (plural dokter-dokter, para dokter, first-person possessive dokterku, second-person possessive doktermu, third-person possessive dokternya)

1. doctor, a physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured.

Alternative forms

• doktor (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

• kedokteran

 

Compounds

• dokter anak
• dokter bedah
• dokter forensik
• dokter gigi
• dokter hewan
• dokter hotel
• dokter jaga
• dokter jawa
• dokter jiwa
• dokter keluarga
• dokter mata
• dokter praktik umum
• dokter pribadi
• dokter spesialis
• dokter umum

 

Related terms

• doktor
• doktoral
• doktoranda
• doktorandus

 

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬤᭀᬓ᭄ᬢᭂᬃ (dokter)
• → Javanese: ꦝꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦠꦼꦂ (dhokter)
• → Minangkabau: doto, dotor
• → Nias: doto
• → Sundanese: ᮓᮧᮊ᮪ᮒᮨᮁ (dokter)
• → Ternate: dokter

Further reading

• “dokter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

---

Ternate

Dokter.

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian dokter, from Dutch dokter, from doctor, from Middle Dutch doctoor, from Latin doctor (“teacher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdokteɾ]

Noun

dokter

1. doctor, physician

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 29