negeri

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).

Noun

nĕgĕri (plural negeri-negeri, informal first-person possessive negeriku, informal second-person possessive negerimu, third-person possessive negerinya)

  1. state; country
    luar negeri
    overseas (lit. "outside the state")
  2. federal state
    negeri Selangor
    the state of Selangor (one of 13 constituent states of Malaysia)

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