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Indonesian
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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
Noun
kêjahatan (plural kejahatan-kejahatan, first-person possessive kejahatanku, second-person possessive kejahatanmu, third-person possessive kejahatannya)
- (law) crime
- Synonyms: jinayah, kriminal, pidana, perkara
- evilness
- 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.
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Malay
Etymology
jahat + ke- -an
Noun
kejahatan (Jawi spelling کجاهتن, plural kejahatan-kejahatan, informal 1st possessive kejahatanku, 2nd possessive kejahatanmu, 3rd possessive kejahatannya)
- evil
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