jabatan

Affixed jabat +‎ -an, from Malay jabatan (“office”). Doublet of jawatan.

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒaˈbatan]
• Hyphenation: ja‧bat‧an

jabatan (plural jabatan-jabatan, first-person possessive jabatanku, second-person possessive jabatanmu, third-person possessive jabatannya)

1. position, post, function

   Synonyms: fungsi, pekerjaan, posisi

   Menteri meminta untuk tidak memberikan jabatan kepada para aparatur sipil negara (ASN) yang terpapar radikalisme, narkoba, serta korupsi ― The minister asked to not appoint civil servant who exposed to radicalism, narcotics and corruption into the position.

2. (obsolete) office, service.

   Synonyms: dinas, jawatan

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay jabatan.

• djabatan (superseded)

• “jabatan” 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.

jabat +‎ -an.

jabatan (Jawi spelling جابتن, plural jabatan-jabatan, informal 1st possessive jabatanku, 2nd possessive jabatanmu, 3rd possessive jabatannya)

1. office, service.

   Jabatan Perdana Menteri ― Prime Minister's Office

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian jabatan.

• “jabatan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.