dokter bedah

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of dokter (“doctor”) +‎ bedah (“surgery”, literally “torn, broken”), calque of Dutch wondarts (“surgeon”, literally “wound doctor”). Compare to Japanese 執刀医(しっとうい) (shittōi, “surgeon”, literally “operator + physician”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔktər bəˈdah/

Noun

dokter bedah (plural dokter-dokter bedah)

1. surgeon.

Hypernyms

• dokter

Further reading

• “dokter bedah” 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.