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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay permaisuri, from Classical Malay permaisuri, from Tamil பரமேஸ்வரி (paramēsvari), from Sanskrit परमेश्वरी (parameśvarī, “supreme lady”). Compare to Javanese ꦥꦿꦩꦺꦱ꧀ꦮꦫꦶ (praméswari, “queen”), Old Javanese pramiswari (“queen”).
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- Hyphenation: pêr‧mai‧su‧ri
Noun
permaisuri (first-person possessive permaisuriku, second-person possessive permaisurimu, third-person possessive permaisurinya)
- queen consort.
- Synonym: ratu
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Malay
Etymology
From Tamil பரமேஸ்வரி (paramēsvari), from Sanskrit परमेश्वरी (parameśvarī, “supreme lady”).
Noun
permaisuri (Jawi spelling ڤرمايسوري, plural permaisuri-permaisuri, informal 1st possessive permaisuriku, 2nd possessive permaisurimu, 3rd possessive permaisurinya)
- queen consort
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