jaksa
Finnish
Verb
jaksa
- inflection of jaksaa:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay jaksa, from Javanese ꦗꦏ꧀ꦱ (jaksa, “prosecutor; auditor”), from Old Javanese dyakṣa, dhyakṣa, adhyakṣa (“inspector, superintendent, supervisor, guardian; highest judicial official”), from Sanskrit अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣa, “inspector, chairperson”). Doublet of adiaksa. The sense of prosecutor is a semantic loan from Dutch officier van justitie and Japanese 檢事 (kenji).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒak̚sa]
- Rhymes: -sa, -a
- Hyphenation: jak‧sa
Noun
jaksa (plural jaksa-jaksa, first-person possessive jaksaku, second-person possessive jaksamu, third-person possessive jaksanya)
- (law) prosecutor: a prosecuting attorney.
Affixed terms
Compounds
- jaksa agung
- jaksa agung muda
- jaksa penuntut umum
- jaksa tinggi
Descendants
- → Min Nan: 若卅
Further reading
- “jaksa” 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.
Javanese
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