mahkamah agung
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of mahkamah (“court”) + agung (“supreme”), previously pengadilan agung (1942-1945), a calque of Japanese 最高法院 (saikōhōin, “supreme court”), term used in East Asia, except for Japanese home islands, 最高裁判所 (saikōsaibansho).
Noun
mahkamah agung (first-person possessive mahkamah agungku, second-person possessive mahkamah agungmu, third-person possessive mahkamah agungnya)
- (law) supreme court: a court of law which represents the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction.
Further reading
- “mahkamah agung” 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.
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