bupati

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese bupati (ꦧꦸꦥꦠꦶ), from Sanskrit भूपति (bhūpati) < भूमिपति (bhūmipati) < भूमि (bhūmi, “land”) + पति (pati, “lord”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bu.pa.ti/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧pa‧ti

Noun

bupati (plural bupati-bupati, first-person possessive bupatiku, second-person possessive bupatimu, third-person possessive bupatinya)

  1. regent (high government official)
  2. The person in charge of a county-level district in Indonesia known as a kabupaten.

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