surat kabar
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of surat (“document”) + kabar (“news”), from Malay surat khabar, calque of Dutch nieuwsblad (“newspaper”). Popularised by Soerat Kabar Bahasa Melaijoe in 1856.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]surat kabar (plural surat-surat kabar, first-person possessive surat kabarku, second-person possessive surat kabarmu, third-person possessive surat kabarnya)
Alternative forms
[edit]- surat khabar (Malaysia, Singapore)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “surat kabar” 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.