# negara
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian negara, from Malay negara, borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of Angkor and Nagari.

### Noun

negara (plural negaras)
* (historical) A constituent state of Indonesia when it was under Dutch control.

### Anagrams

* Argean, Grenaa, Raegan, Reagan

## Balinese
### Romanization

negara
* Romanization of ᬦᬵᬕᬭ.

## Betawi
### Alternative forms

* negarè (Meester dialect)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Javanese negara (“country”), from Old Javanese nagara (“country, palace”), from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”).

### Pronunciation

* (literary) IPA: /nəɡara/
* (Meester) IPA: [nə.ɡa.ˈrɛ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ra

### Noun

negara
* country

## Galician
### Verb

negara
* first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of negar

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay negara, borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of nagari and negeri.
* Displaced Dutch staat (“state (political entity)”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /nəˈɡara/ [nəˈɡa.ra]
* Rhymes: -ara
* Syllabification: ne‧ga‧ra
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

nêgara (plural)
* country, state, nation, polity
    Synonyms: negeri, tanah, tanah air, desa, luar kota

#### Derived terms

* bernegara
* kenegaraan
* menegara
* bahasa negara
* berita negara
* lembaran negara
* lintas negara
* negara bagian
* negara barat
* negara barbaria
* negara berkembang
* negara besar
* negara boneka
* negara debitur
* negara federal
* negara federasi
* negara gereja
* negara gundal
* negara hukum
* negara induk
* negara industri
* negara Islam
* negara kapitalis
* negara kekuasaan
* negara kepulauan
* negara kerajaan
* negara kesatuan
* negara kesejahteraan
* negara konfederasi
* negara korporasi
* negara kota
* negara kreditor
* negara maju
* negara nonblok
* negara otoriter
* negara Pancasila
* negara penyangga
* negara persemakmuran
* negara polisi
* negara protektorat
* negara pulau
* negara satelit
* negara sekuler
* negara sekutu
* negara sentral
* negara serikat
* negara teluk
* negara terbelakang
* negara Tirai Bambu
* negara Tirai Besi
* negara totaliter
* negara transit
* perusahaan negara
* ujian negara

#### Descendants

* → English: negara

### Further reading

* “negara” 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

negara
* Romanization of ꦤꦼꦒꦫ

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nəˈɡara/ [nəˈɡa.ra]

### Noun

negara (Jawi spelling نݢارا, plural negara-negara, informal 1st possessive negaraku, 2nd possessive negaramu, 3rd possessive negaranya)
* country; nation; sovereign state
** 2018 February 16, Normazlina M.D, “Simbol negara merdeka [Symbol of an independent nation]”, in Media Permata‎, archived from the original on 18 August 2019:Bendera negara bukan hanya sekadar sehelai kain yang mempunyai warna atau motif tertentu bahkan ia adalah simbol identiti sesebuah negara yang merdeka lagi berdaulat.The national flag is not just a piece of cloth that has a certain color or motif. In fact, it is a symbol of the identity of a nation that is independent and sovereign.

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* bernegara [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* kenegaraan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* negarawan
* Rukun Negara

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: negara
** → English: negara

#### See also

* negeri (“constituent state”)

### Further reading

* “negara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* "negara" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /neˈɡa.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /neˈɡa.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /neˈɡa.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /nɨˈɡa.ɾɐ/ [nɨˈɣa.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɾɐ
* Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ra

### Verb

negara
* first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of negar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /neˈɡaɾa/ [neˈɣ̞a.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -aɾa
* Syllabification: ne‧ga‧ra

### Verb

negara
* first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of negar