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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أُقْنُوم (ʔuqnūm), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܩܢܽܘܡܳܐ (qnōmā, “self, essence, person, hypostasis”). "Infamous person" sense was only popularized by Mochtar Lubis in late 1960, themed around PKI.
Adjective
oknum
- (derogatory) infamous, notorious (of a person)
oknum polisi- (infamous/bad) police
Noun
oknum (first-person possessive oknumku, second-person possessive oknummu, third-person possessive oknumnya)
- (theology, Christianity) person, hypostasis
- (obsolete) individual, person
- Synonyms: orang, individu
- (derogatory) infamous party, individual, elements, person
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