oknum

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Arabic أُقْنُوم (ʔuqnūm), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܩܢܽܘܡܳܐ (qnōmā, “self, essence, person, hypostasis”). "Infamous person" sense was only popularized by Mochtar Lubis in late 1960, themed around PKI. === Adjective === oknum (derogatory) infamous, notorious (of a person) === Noun === oknum (plural oknum-oknum) (theology, Christianity) person, hypostasis (obsolete) individual, person Synonyms: orang, individu (derogatory) infamous party, individual, elements, person ==== Descendants ==== → Tetum: oknum === Further reading === “oknum”, 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