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Balinese
Romanization
bupati
- Romanization of ᬪᬹᬧᬢᬶ.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese bupati (ꦧꦸꦥꦠꦶ), from Old Javanese bhūpati (“king”), from Sanskrit भूपति (bhūpati) < भूमिपति (bhūmipati), compound of भूमि (bhūmi, “land”) + पति (pati, “lord”). Cognate of Balinese ᬪᬹᬧᬢᬶ (bupati).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.pa.ti/
- Hyphenation: bu‧pa‧ti
Noun
bupati (first-person possessive bupatiku, second-person possessive bupatimu, third-person possessive bupatinya)
- regent (high government official)
- The person in charge of a county-level district in Indonesia known as a kabupaten.
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
bupati
- Romanization of ꦧꦸꦥꦠꦶ.