majelis

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay majlis, majelis, from Classical Malay مجليس‎ (majlis), مجليس‎ (majelis), from Arabic مَجْلِس‎ (majlis).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maˈd͡ʒəlɪs/
  • Rhymes: -lɪs, -ɪs, -s
  • Hyphenation: ma‧jê‧lis

Noun

majêlis (first-person possessive majelisku, second-person possessive majelismu, third-person possessive majelisnya)

  1. court.
    Synonym: dewan
  2. meeting, assembly.
    Synonyms: rapat, sidang
  3. building of above.

Derived terms
  • majelis Perubahan Undang-Undang Dasar
  • majelis rendah
  • majelis syura
  • majelis taklim
  • majelis tinggi
  • majelis Ulama Indonesia
  • majelis undangan

References
  1. Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, OCLC 29420936

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