reka bentuk
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of reka + bentuk, borrowed from Malay reka bentuk (“design”).
Noun
reka bentuk (plural reka-reka bentuk)
- (rare) design
Derived terms
- mereka bentuk
- pereka bentuk
- perekabentukan
Further reading
- “reka bentuk”, 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
Malay
Etymology
Compound of reka (“creation; invention”) + bentuk (“shape”).
Noun
- design
- architecture: the structure and design of a system or product.
- Synonym: arsitektur (Indonesian)
Further reading
- “reka bentuk”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017