parlemen

Indonesian

Parliamentary Complex, the seat of Indonesian parlemen.

Etymology

From Dutch parlement, from Middle Dutch parlement, from Old French parlement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parləˈmɛn/
• Hyphenation: par‧lê‧mèn

Noun

parlêmèn (plural parlemen-parlemen, first-person possessive parlemenku, second-person possessive parlemenmu, third-person possessive parlemennya)

1. (government) parliament

   Synonym: dewan perwakilan

Alternative forms

• parlimen (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

• parlemen darurat
• parlemen gantung
• parlemen jalanan

 

Related terms

• parlementer

 

Descendants

• → Tetum: parlamén

Further reading

• “parlemen” 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.