kabupaten

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ (kabupatén), equivalent to bupati +‎ ke- -an. Doublet of kebupatian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.bu.pa.ten/
• Hyphenation: ka‧bu‧pa‧tén

Noun

kabupatén (first-person possessive kabupatenku, second-person possessive kabupatenmu, third-person possessive kabupatennya)

1. (government) regency (the second-level administrative division in Indonesia)

Usage notes

Kabupaten is used for former Dutch East Indies administrative division in Java of Dutch regentschap, which was renamed into Japanese 縣, 県 (ken) during Japanese occupation.

Related terms

• bupati
• kebupatian

 

Further reading

• “kabupaten” 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.