menteri
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay menteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī). Doublet of mandarin, manti, and mantri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [məntəˈri], [mənˈtri]
- Hyphenation: men‧te‧ri
Noun
mêntêri (plural menteri-menteri, first-person possessive menteriku, second-person possessive menterimu, third-person possessive menterinya)
- (government) minister, a politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).
- Synonym: nayaka
- (chess) queen: the most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- Synonyms: ratu, ster
- (chess) bishop: the chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
- Synonyms: gajah, luncup, loper
Alternative forms
- manti
- mentri
Derived terms
- kementerian
- menteri ad interim
- menteri ex officio
- menteri keuangan
- menteri koordinator
- menteri muda
- menteri negara
- menteri pertama
- dewan menteri
- perdana menteri
- wakil menteri
Related terms
- mandarin
- mantri
See also
| Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  |
| raja | menteri, patih, ratu, ster | benteng | gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur | kuda | bidak, pion, prajurit |
Further reading
- “menteri” 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
From Hindi मन्त्रि (mantri), from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī), from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”).
Noun
mĕntĕri (Jawi spelling منتري, plural menteri-menteri, informal 1st possessive menteriku, 2nd possessive menterimu, 3rd possessive menterinya)
- minister, vizier
- 1812, Marsden, William, A Dictionary of the Malayan language in two parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan, OCLC 807179629, page 2:
- Pada sūltan atau pada mantrī-nia
- To the sultan or to his ministers
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Derived terms
- perdana menteri
Descendants
- Indonesian: menteri
- → Portuguese: mandarim
- → Czech: mandarín
- → Danish: mandarin
- → Dutch: mandarijn
- Afrikaans: mandaryn
- → Latvian: mandarīns (or from Portuguese mandarim, or via another European language)
- → English: mandarin
- → Irish: mandairín
- → Estonian: mandariin (or possibly from French mandarine)
- → French: mandarin
- → Breton: mandarin
- → Greek: μανδαρίνος (mandarínos)
- → French: mandarine (“mandarin orange”) (see there for further descendants)
- → German: Mandarin
- → Hungarian: mandarin
- → Italian: mandarino
- → Maltese: mandolin
- → Turkish: mandalina
- → Latvian: mandarīns (or from Dutch mandarijn, or via another European language)
- → Macedonian: мандарин (mandarin)
- → Polish: mandaryn
- → Romanian: mandarin
- → Russian: мандарин (mandarin)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мандарин
- Latin: mandarin
- → Spanish: mandarín
- → Crimean Tatar: mandarin
- → Swedish: mandarin
See also
| Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | |
| raja, syah راج, شاه | menteri منتري | tir, benteng تير, بينتيڠ | gajah, ݢاجه | kuda, کودا | bidak, piadak, pion بيدق, ڤيادق, ڤيون |
Further reading
- “menteri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.