kesusasteraan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed susastra + ke- -an, from Malay kesusasteraan, from Sanskrit सु- (su-, “good, well”) + शास्त्र (śāstra, “scripture”).
Noun
kesusasteraan (plural kesusasteraan-kesusasteraan)
- literature (body of all written works)
Further reading
- “kesusasteraan”, 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