negara
See also: negará
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian negara, from Malay negara, borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of Angkor.
Noun
negara (plural negaras)
- (historical) A constituent state of Indonesia when it was under Dutch control.
Anagrams
- Argean, Grenaa, Raegan, Reagan
Balinese
Romanization
negara
- Romanization of ᬦᬵᬕᬭ.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay negara, borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of nagari and negeri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nəˈɡara]
- Rhymes: -ra, -a
- Hyphenation: nê‧ga‧ra
Noun
nêgara (plural negara-negara, first-person possessive negaraku, second-person possessive negaramu, third-person possessive negaranya)
- country, state, nation, polity
- Synonyms: negeri, tanah, tanah air, desa, luar kota
Derived terms
- bernegara
- kenegaraan
- menegara
- 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
- bahasa negara
- berita negara
- lembaran negara
- perusahaan negara
- ujian negara
Descendants
- → English: negara
Further reading
- “negara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Noun
negara
- country
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”).
Noun
negara (Jawi spelling نݢارا, plural negara-negara, informal 1st possessive negaraku, 2nd possessive negaramu, 3rd possessive negaranya)
- 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, retrieved 19 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.
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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
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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈɡa.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨˈɡa.ɾɐ/ [nɨˈɣa.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -aɾɐ
- Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ra
Verb
negara
- first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of negar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈɡaɾa/ [neˈɣ̞a.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -aɾa
- Syllabification: ne‧ga‧ra
Verb
negara
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of negar