# menteri
## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* manti
* mentri

### Etymology

From Malay menteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī). Doublet of mandarin, manti, and mantri.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian)
** IPA: /məntəˈri/ [mən.t̪əˈri]
*** Rhymes: -i
*** Syllabification: men‧te‧ri
** IPA: /mənˈtri/ [mənˈt̪ri]
*** Audio:(file)
*** Rhymes: -i

### Noun

mêntêri (plural menteri-menteri or para menteri)
* (government) minister (politician who heads a ministry)
    Synonym: (obsolete) nayaka
* (chess) queen (a chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful)
    Synonyms: ratu, ster
* (chess) bishop (the chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝)
    Synonyms: gajah, luncup, loper

#### Derived terms

* bermenteri
* kementerian

#### Compounds

* menteri keuangan (“finance minister”)
* menteri koordinator (“coordinating minister”)
* menteri muda (“junior minister”)
* menteri negara (“minister of state”)
* menteri pertama (“first minister”)
* dewan menteri (“cabinet, council of ministers”)
* perdana menteri (“prime minister”)
* wakil menteri (“undersecretary”)

#### Related terms

* mandarin
* mantri

### See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text) :
| raja | menteri, patih, ratu, ster | benteng | gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur | kuda | bidak, pion, prajurit |

### Further reading

* “menteri” 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 Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī), from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”). Doublet of manteri.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mən.tə.ri]
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: men‧te‧ri

### Noun

mĕntĕri (Jawi spelling منتري, plural menteri-menteri, informal 1st possessive menteriku, 2nd possessive menterimu, 3rd possessive menterinya)
* (government) A minister; the head of a ministry.
    menteri luar negeri ― minister of foreign affairs
* (archaic, historical) A high-ranking officer (the sultan's adviser, etc.).
** 1812, William Marsden, A Dictionary of the Malayan language in two parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan‎, →OCLC, page 2:Pada sūltan atau pada mantrī-niaTo the sultan or to his ministers
* (sports) The queen piece in chess.
    Synonyms: bendahara, permaisuri, ratu

#### Affixations

* kementerian (“ministry”)

#### Compounds

* ketua menteri
* menteri besar
* menteri dalam negeri
* menteri luar negeri
* menteri muda
* perdana menteri
* wakil menteri

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: menteri
* → Portuguese: mandarim (see there for further descendants)

#### See also

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text) :
| raja, syah راج, شاه | bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو | benteng, tir بينتيڠ, تير | gajah ݢاجه | kuda کودا | bidak, piadah, pion بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون |

### References

* Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 114
* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “منتري mĕntĕri”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 135
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “منتري mantĕri, mĕntĕri or munteri”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 675
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “mĕntĕri”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 131

### Further reading

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