pengadilan negeri

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of pengadilan (“court”) +‎ negeri (“district”), calque from Japanese 地方法院(ちほうほういん) (chihōhōin, “district court”), term used in East Asia. Continuation of Dutch landraad, Japanese 地方法院(ちほうほういん) (chihōhōin, “district court”), and Dutch landgerecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəŋaˈdɪlan nəɡəˈri]

Noun

pengadilan negeri (uncountable)

1. (law) district court.

Alternative forms

• PN

Further reading

• “pengadilan negeri” 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.