jinayah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay jenayah, from Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya, “felony, crime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d͡ʒiˈnajah]
- Hyphenation: ji‧na‧yah
Noun
jinayah (first-person possessive jinayahku, second-person possessive jinayahmu, third-person possessive jinayahnya)
- (Islam, law) crime.
- Synonyms: kejahatan, kriminal, pidana, perkara
Alternative forms
- jenayah, jinayat (nonstandard Indonesian)
- jenayah (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Affixed terms
- penjinayah
Further reading
- “jinayah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.