departemen
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch departement, from French département, from Old French département. During Japanese occupation period, the term was used as translation of Japanese 部 (bu, “department”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dêpartêmèn (first-person possessive departemenku, second-person possessive departemenmu, third-person possessive departemennya)
- department
- (government) one of the principal divisions of executive government.
- Synonym: kementerian
- (education) one of the divisions of instructions in a university.
- (government) one of the principal divisions of executive government.
- (government) bureau (in state affairs) an administrative unit of government.
- (education) school: within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
- Synonyms: departemen, fakultas, sekolah
- Synonyms: fakulti, pusat pengajian (Standard Malay)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Tetum: departemén
Further reading
[edit]- “departemen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.