menteri

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī).

Noun

menteri

  1. minister
  2. (chess) queen

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • kementerian
  • menteri ad interim
  • menteri ex officio
  • menteri koordinator
  • menteri muda
  • menteri negara
  • menteri pertama

See also
Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
raja menteri benteng gajah kuda pion, bidak

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Hindi मन्त्रि (mantri), from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī), from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”).

Noun

mĕntĕri (plural menteri-menteri, informal first-person possessive menteriku, second-person possessive menterimu, third-person possessive menterinya)

  1. minister, vizier
    • 1812, Marsden, William, A Dictionary of the Malayan language in two parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan‎, OCLC 807179629, page 2:
      Pada sūltan atau pada mantrī-nia
      To the sultan or to his ministers

Derived terms

Descendants
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