perdana menteri

Compound of perdana (“first”) +‎ menteri (“minister”), from Malay perdana menteri, which is a calque of English prime minister and Sanskrit प्रधान मंत्री (pradhāna maṃtrī).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərˌdana ˈməntəri/ [pərˌda.na ˈmən̪.t̪ə.ri]
• Rhymes: -əntəri
• Syllabification: per‧da‧na men‧te‧ri

pêrdana mêntêri (plural perdana-perdana menteri)

1. prime minister

   Synonyms: kanselir, ketua menteri, ketua kabinet, menteri pertama

• PM (initialism)

• “perdana menteri”, 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

• PM (initialism)

Compound of perdana +‎ menteri from Sanskrit प्रधान मंत्री (pradhāna maṃtrī) based on English prime minister.

• IPA^(key): [pə(r).da.na mən.tə.ri]
  • IPA^(key): [pə(r).da.nə mən.tə.ri]

perdana menteri (Jawi spelling ڤردان منتري, plural perdana menteri-perdana menteri or para perdana menteri)

1. prime minister

   Synonyms: bendahara (obsolete), wazir (obsolete)

   Perdana Menteri Malaysia ― Prime Minister of Malaysia

   Perdana Menteri Belanda ― Prime Minister of the Netherlands

   Perdana Menteri United Kingdom ― Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• Indonesian: perdana menteri

• “perdana menteri”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017