negara

Borrowed from Indonesian negara, from Malay negara, borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of Angkor and Nagari.

negara (plural negaras)

1. (historical) A constituent state of Indonesia when it was under Dutch control.

• Argean, Grenaa, Raegan, Reagan

negara

1. Romanization of ᬦᬵᬕᬭ.

• negarè (Meester dialect)

Learned borrowing from Javanese negara (“country”), from Old Javanese nagara (“country, palace”), from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”).

• (literary) IPA^(key): /nə.ɡaˈra/
• (Meester) IPA^(key): /nə.ɡaˈrɛ/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ra

negara

1. country

negara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of negar

From Malay negara, borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of nagari and negeri.

• IPA^(key): [nəˈɡara]

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• Rhymes: -ra, -a
• Hyphenation: nê‧ga‧ra

nêgara (plural negara-negara, first-person possessive negaraku, second-person possessive negaramu, third-person possessive negaranya)

1. country, state, nation, polity

   Synonyms: negeri, tanah, tanah air, desa, luar kota

• → English: negara

• “negara” 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.

negara

1. Romanization of ꦤꦼꦒꦫ

Borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”).

negara (Jawi spelling نݢارا, plural negara-negara, informal 1st possessive negaraku, 2nd possessive negaramu, 3rd possessive negaranya)

1. country; nation; sovereign state
   • 2018 February 16, Normazlina M.D, “Simbol negara merdeka [Symbol of an independent nation]”, in Media Permata‎, archived from the original on 18 August 2019:

     Bendera negara bukan hanya sekadar sehelai kain yang mempunyai warna atau motif tertentu bahkan ia adalah simbol identiti sesebuah negara yang merdeka lagi berdaulat.

     The national flag is not just a piece of cloth that has a certain color or motif. In fact, it is a symbol of the identity of a nation that is independent and sovereign.

• Indonesian: negara
  • → English: negara

• negeri (“constituent state”)

• “negara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "negara" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

• Rhymes: -a

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ra

negara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of negar

• IPA^(key): /neˈɡaɾa/ [neˈɣ̞a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: ne‧ga‧ra

negara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of negar