-krasi

Malay

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English -cracy.

This suffix has yet to be fully absorbed into the Malay morphological system and is for now only found in certain borrowings derived from Dutch or English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-krasi/
• Hyphenation: -kra‧si

Suffix

-krasi (Jawi spelling ـکراسي)

1. Adaptation of English -cracy in English loanwords.

   demokrasi ― democracy

   autokrasi ― autocracy

   meritokrasi ― meritocracy

Derived terms

Malay terms suffixed with -krasi

autokrasi

demokrasi

meritokrasi