bupati

== Balinese == === Etymology === From Old Javanese bhūpati (“king”), from Sanskrit भूपति (bhūpati) < भूमिपति (bhūmipati), compound of भूमि (bhūmi, “land”) +‎ पति (pati, “lord”). Cognate of Indonesian bupati, Javanese ꦧꦸꦥꦠꦶ (bupati). === Noun === bupati (Balinese script ᬪᬹᬧᬢᬶ) king regent: a high government official The person in charge of a county-level district in Indonesia known as a kabupaten. == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Javanese bupati, from Old Javanese bhūpati (“king”), from Sanskrit भूपति (bhūpati) < भूमिपति (bhūmipati), compound of भूमि (bhūmi, “land”) +‎ पति (pati, “lord”). Cognate of Balinese bupati. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /buˈpati/ [buˈpa.t̪i] Rhymes: -ati Syllabification: bu‧pa‧ti === Noun === bupati (plural bupati-bupati) regent (high government official) the person in charge of a county-level district in Indonesia known as a kabupaten ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “bupati”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Javanese == === Romanization === bupati romanization of ꦧꦸꦥꦠꦶ