surat kabar

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === surat khabar (Malaysia, Singapore) soerat chabar === Etymology === From Malay surat khabar, a loan rendering of Dutch nieuwsbrief (“newsletter”). By surface analysis, surat (“document, letter”) +‎ kabar (“news”). Popularised by Soerat Kabar Bahasa Melaijoe in 1856. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌsurat ˈkabar/ [ˌsu.rat̪̚ ˈka.bar] Rhymes: -abar Syllabification: su‧rat ka‧bar === Noun === surat kabar (Can we verify(+) this sense?) newspaper publisher (usually formal) newspaper Synonym: koran ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === Further reading === “surat kabar”, 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