demokrasi

See also: demokrasî

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay demokrasi, from Dutch democratie or demokratie, from Middle French democratie, from Medieval Latin democratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía). Cognate of Afrikaans demokrasie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [demoˈkrasi]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dé‧mo‧kra‧si

Noun

démokrasi (plural demokrasi-demokrasi)

1. (government, politics) democracy (rule by the people)

Derived terms

• berdemokrasi
• didemokrasikan
• mendemokrasikan
• pendemokrasian

Compounds

• demokrasi absolut
• demokrasi ekonomi
• demokrasi formal
• demokrasi langsung
• demokrasi liberal
• demokrasi material
• demokrasi Pancasila
• demokrasi parlementer
• demokrasi perwakilan
• demokrasi plutokrat
• demokrasi politik
• demokrasi terpimpin
• demokrasi tidak langsung

Related terms

• demokrat
• demokratik
• demokratis
• demokratisasi

Further reading

• “demokrasi” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch democratie or English democracy, from Middle French democratie, from Medieval Latin democratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛ.mo.kra.si]
• Rhymes: -si, -i
• Hyphenation: de‧mo‧kra‧si

Noun

demokrasi (Jawi spelling ديموکراسي, informal 1st possessive demokrasiku, 2nd possessive demokrasimu, 3rd possessive demokrasinya)

1. Democracy:
   1. (uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).

      Synonym: kerakyatan (uncommon)

   2. (countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
   3. A social state where no class-based inequality exists.

Affixations

• berdemokrasi
• demokrasikan
• pendemokrasian

Compounds

• demokrasi berparlimen / demokrasi perwakilan
• demokrasi pendidikan

Further reading

• “demokrasi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

demokrasi class IX (plural demokrasi class X)

1. Alternative form of demokrasia

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from French démocratie, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.mok.ɾɑˈsi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -si
• Hyphenation: de‧mok‧ra‧si
• Rhymes: -sɪ

Noun

demokrasi (definite accusative demokrasiyi, plural demokrasiler)

1. democracy

Declension

Declension of demokrasi

singular plural nominative demokrasi demokrasiler definite accusative demokrasiyi demokrasileri dative demokrasiye demokrasilere locative demokraside demokrasilerde ablative demokrasiden demokrasilerden genitive demokrasinin demokrasilerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular demokrasim demokrasilerim 2nd singular demokrasin demokrasilerin 3rd singular demokrasisi demokrasileri 1st plural demokrasimiz demokrasilerimiz 2nd plural demokrasiniz demokrasileriniz 3rd plural demokrasileri demokrasileri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular demokrasimi demokrasilerimi 2nd singular demokrasini demokrasilerini 3rd singular demokrasisini demokrasilerini 1st plural demokrasimizi demokrasilerimizi 2nd plural demokrasinizi demokrasilerinizi 3rd plural demokrasilerini demokrasilerini dative singular plural 1st singular demokrasime demokrasilerime 2nd singular demokrasine demokrasilerine 3rd singular demokrasisine demokrasilerine 1st plural demokrasimize demokrasilerimize 2nd plural demokrasinize demokrasilerinize 3rd plural demokrasilerine demokrasilerine locative singular plural 1st singular demokrasimde demokrasilerimde 2nd singular demokrasinde demokrasilerinde 3rd singular demokrasisinde demokrasilerinde 1st plural demokrasimizde demokrasilerimizde 2nd plural demokrasinizde demokrasilerinizde 3rd plural demokrasilerinde demokrasilerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular demokrasimden demokrasilerimden 2nd singular demokrasinden demokrasilerinden 3rd singular demokrasisinden demokrasilerinden 1st plural demokrasimizden demokrasilerimizden 2nd plural demokrasinizden demokrasilerinizden 3rd plural demokrasilerinden demokrasilerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular demokrasimin demokrasilerimin 2nd singular demokrasinin demokrasilerinin 3rd singular demokrasisinin demokrasilerinin 1st plural demokrasimizin demokrasilerimizin 2nd plural demokrasinizin demokrasilerinizin 3rd plural demokrasilerinin demokrasilerinin