bupati

Balinese

Romanization

bupati

  1. 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)

  1. regent (high government official)
  2. The person in charge of a county-level district in Indonesia known as a kabupaten.

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

bupati

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦥꦠꦶ.
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