kejahatan

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kedjahatan (pre-1967)

Etymology

Affixed jahat ‎ ke- -an, inherited from Malay kejahatan, from Classical Malay kejahatan. The sense of crime is a semantic loan from Dutch misdrijf.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəd͡ʒaˈhatan/ [kə.d͡ʒaˈha.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -atan
• Syllabification: ke‧ja‧ha‧tan

Noun

kêjahatan (plural kejahatan-kejahatan, first-person possessive kejahatanku, second-person possessive kejahatanmu, third-person possessive kejahatannya)

1. (law) crime

   Synonyms: jinayah, kriminal, pidana, perkara

2. evilness
3. sin

   Synonym: dosa

Usage notes

Whereas the noun kejahatan is constructed from jahat (bad, evil), it may be replaced with the word pelanggaran (or pelanggaran hukum), which is constructed from langgar (to crash, to violate), for more objective semantics, such as victimless crimes.

Synonyms

• pelanggaran hukum (Literally: violation of law)

Derived terms

• kejahatan administratif
• kejahatan anak
• kejahatan apartheid
• kejahatan dunia maya
• kejahatan ikutan
• kejahatan jalanan
• kejahatan kerah biru
• kejahatan kerah putih
• kejahatan komputer
• kejahatan korporasi
• kejahatan lintas batas
• kejahatan luar biasa
• kejahatan pers
• kejahatan predikat
• kejahatan siber
• kejahatan terhadap kemanusiaan

 

Further reading

• “kejahatan” 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

Etymology

jahat ‎ ke- -an

Noun

kejahatan (Jawi spelling کجاهتن, plural kejahatan-kejahatan, informal 1st possessive kejahatanku, 2nd possessive kejahatanmu, 3rd possessive kejahatannya)

1. evil

Further reading

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