mahkamah
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay mahkamah, from Classical Malay mahkamah, from Arabic مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama, “court”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
mahkamah (plural mahkamah-mahkamah, first-person possessive mahkamahku, second-person possessive mahkamahmu, third-person possessive mahkamahnya)
- (law) court:
- Synonyms: meja hijau, pengadilan
- the persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
Usage notes
The term usually used for highest tier court, preferred to used if the court only have one tier.
Compounds
References
Further reading
- “mahkamah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama, “court”).
Noun
mahkamah (Jawi spelling محکمه, plural mahkamah-mahkamah, informal 1st possessive mahkamahku, 2nd possessive mahkamahmu, 3rd possessive mahkamahnya)
Related words
Descendants
- Indonesian: mahkamah
Further reading
- “mahkamah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Indonesian terms derived from Arabic
- Indonesian terms derived from the Arabic root ح ك م
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Classical Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Classical Malay
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/mah
- Rhymes:Indonesian/mah/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ah
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ah/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/h
- Rhymes:Indonesian/h/3 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Law
- Malay terms borrowed from Arabic
- Malay terms derived from Arabic
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Law