meterai

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay materai, meterai, menterai, from Classical Malay متراي (materai), متراي (menterai), متراي (meterai), from Tamil முத்திரை (muttirai, “mark, seal, stamp”), from Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal, stamp”).

• Displaced Dutch zegel (“seal, stamp”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mət̪əˈrai]
• Hyphenation: mê‧tê‧rai

Noun

meterai (plural meterai-meterai)

1. stamp

   Synonyms: cap, segel, tera

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard) materai

Affixed terms

• bermeterai
• memeteraikan
• termeterai

 

Compounds

• meterai efek
• meterai tempel
• meterai upah

 

Further reading

• “meterai” 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.