negara

See also: negará

English

Etymology

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

Noun

negara (plural negaras)

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

Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

negara

  1. Romanization of ᬦᬵᬕᬭ.

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nəˈɡara]
  • Rhymes: -ra, -a
  • Hyphenation: nê‧ga‧ra

Noun

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

Derived terms
  • bernegara
  • kenegaraan
  • menegara
  • negara bagian
  • negara barat
  • negara barbaria
  • negara berkembang
  • negara besar
  • negara boneka
  • negara debitur
  • negara federal
  • negara federasi
  • negara gereja
  • negara gundal
  • negara hukum
  • negara induk
  • negara industri
  • negara Islam
  • negara kapitalis
  • negara kekuasaan
  • negara kepulauan
  • negara kerajaan
  • negara kesatuan
  • negara kesejahteraan
  • negara konfederasi
  • negara korporasi
  • negara kota
  • negara kreditor
  • negara maju
  • negara nonblok
  • negara otoriter
  • negara Pancasila
  • negara penyangga
  • negara persemakmuran
  • negara polisi
  • negara protektorat
  • negara pulau
  • negara satelit
  • negara sekuler
  • negara sekutu
  • negara sentral
  • negara serikat
  • negara teluk
  • negara terbelakang
  • negara Tirai Bambu
  • negara Tirai Besi
  • negara totaliter
  • negara transit

Descendants
  • → English: negara

Further reading

Javanese

Noun

negara

  1. country

Malay

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • bernegara [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • kenegaraan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • negarawan

Descendants

See also

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -a
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈɡa.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈɡa.ɾa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨˈɡa.ɾɐ/ [nɨˈɣa.ɾɐ]

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

Verb

negara

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

Spanish

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

Verb

negara

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