negeri

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay negeri, from Classical Malay negeri (“settlement”), from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”). Doublet of nagari and negara. The sense of district was reinforced as translation of Japanese 地方(ちほう) (chihō, “district, province, area”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /nəɡəˈri/ [nə.ɡəˈri] Rhymes: -i Syllabification: ne‧ge‧ri === Noun === nêgêri (plural negeri-negeri) country, land Synonyms: negara, tanah state (polity) sekolah negeri ― state school, public school hometown Synonyms: kampung, kampung halaman district Synonyms: distrik, nagari pengadilan negeri ― district court kejaksaan negeri ― district prosecutor office ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “negeri”, 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 == Malay == === Etymology === From Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nəɡəˈri/ [nə.ɡəˈri] Rhymes: -i === Noun === negeri (Jawi spelling نݢري, plural negeri-negeri or negeri2) state, country, any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government. luar negeri ― overseas (lit. "outside the state") a political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States or Germany. negeri Selangor ― the state of Selangor (one of 13 constituent states of Malaysia) ==== Synonyms ==== negara (“country”) (political division of a federation): negara bagian (Indonesian) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: negeri (inherited) > Peranakan Indonesian: negri (inherited) Negeri Sembilan Malay: Nogoghi → Dutch: negorij