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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay detektif, from English detective.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: dé‧ték‧tif
Noun
detektif (plural)
- detective.
- (law enforcement) a police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.
- Synonyms: agen rahasia, polisi rahasia, reserse, agen polisi
- a person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
- Synonyms: agen rahasia, mata-mata, intelijen
Compounds
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Malay
Etymology
From English detective.
Noun
detektif (Jawi spelling ديتيکتيف, plural detektif-detektif, informal 1st possessive detektifku, 2nd possessive detektifmu, 3rd possessive detektifnya)
- detective
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