swatantra
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese swatantra (ꦱ꧀ꦮꦠꦤ꧀ꦠꦿ), from Old Javanese swatantra (“self-dependence, independence”), from Sanskrit स्वतन्त्र (svatantra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʋatantra/
- Hyphenation: swa‧tan‧tra
Noun
swatantra
- (dated) autonomy, self-government
- Synonym: otonomi
- (dated) ellipsis of daerah swatantra (“autonomous area”).
Adjective
swatantra
- (dated) autonomous
- Synonym: otonom
Further reading
- “swatantra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.