kejaksaan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed jaksa + ke- -an. Attested since Japanese occupation period as translation of Japanese 檢察局 (kensatsukyoku, “prosecutor office”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəd͡ʒak̚ˈsaan]
- Rhymes: -an, -n
- Hyphenation: kê‧jak‧sa‧an
Noun
kêjaksaan (plural kejaksaan-kejaksaan, first-person possessive kejaksaanku, second-person possessive kejaksaanmu, third-person possessive kejaksaannya)
- (law) prosecutor office, procuratorate, procuracy.
- (law) prosecution power.
Alternative forms
- kedjaksaan (pre-1967 Indonesian)
Affixed terms
Further reading
- “kejaksaan” 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.
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