kejahatan
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- kedjahatan (pre-1967)
Etymology
Affixed ke- + jahat + -an, inherited from Malay kejahatan, from Classical Malay kejahatan. The sense of crime is a semantic loan from Dutch misdrijf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəd͡ʒaˈhat̪̚an]
- Rhymes: -an, -n
- Hyphenation: ke‧ja‧hat‧an
Noun
kejahatan (plural kejahatan-kejahatan, first-person possessive kejahatanku, second-person possessive kejahatanmu, third-person possessive kejahatannya)
- (law) crime
- Synonyms: jinayah, kriminal, pidana, perkara
- evilness
- sin
- Synonym: dosa
Usage notes
Whereas the noun kejahatan is constructed from jahat (bad, evil), it may be replaced with the word pelanggaran (or pelanggaran hukum), which is constructed from langgar (to crash, to violate), for more objective semantics, such as victimless crimes.
Synonyms
- pelanggaran hukum (Literally: violation of law)
Derived terms
- kejahatan administratif
- kejahatan anak
- kejahatan apartheid
- kejahatan dunia maya
- kejahatan ikutan
- kejahatan jalanan
- kejahatan kerah biru
- kejahatan kerah putih
- kejahatan komputer
- kejahatan korporasi
- kejahatan lintas batas
- kejahatan luar biasa
- kejahatan pers
- kejahatan predikat
- kejahatan siber
- kejahatan terhadap kemanusiaan
Further reading
- “kejahatan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
ke- + jahat + -an
Noun
kejahatan (Jawi spelling کجاهتن, plural kejahatan-kejahatan, informal 1st possessive kejahatanku, 2nd possessive kejahatanmu, 3rd possessive kejahatannya)
- evil
Further reading
- “kejahatan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.