pengarah

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed peng- +‎ arah, from Malay pengarah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəŋˈarah]
• Hyphenation: pêng‧a‧rah

Noun

pengarah (first-person possessive pengarahku, second-person possessive pengarahmu, third-person possessive pengarahnya)

1. director: one who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

   Synonym: direktur

Derived terms

• pengarah acara
• pengarah acara lapangan
• pengarah berita
• pengarah kepentingan umum
• pengarah pentas

 

Further reading

• “pengarah” 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

Noun

pengarah (Jawi spelling ڤڠاره, plural pengarah-pengarah, informal 1st possessive pengarahku, 2nd possessive pengarahmu, 3rd possessive pengarahnya)

1. director

Further reading

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