rakyat

Borrowed from Malay rakyat.

rakyat (plural rakyats)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) An ordinary citizen.
2. (Malaysia) The people or citizens of a country, as a collective.

• ra'jat (obsolete, pre-1947)
• rakjat (obsolete, 1947-1972)

From Malay rakyat, from Classical Malay رعيت (“people”), from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrakjat/, [ˈraʔ.jat̪]
• Hyphenation: rak‧yat
• Rhymes: -akjat

rakyat (first-person possessive rakyatku, second-person possessive rakyatmu, third-person possessive rakyatnya)

1. citizen, subject
2. people, populace
3. (archaic) troop

   Synonym: pasukan

4. (archaic) subordinate

   Synonyms: anak buah, bawahan

rakyat

1. folk

   cerita rakyat Indonesia ― Indonesian folk tales

• “rakyat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

• IPA^(key): /rakjat/, [raʔjat], [rakjat]
• Rhymes: -jat, -at

• Audio (MY), [raʔjat]

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rakyat (Jawi spelling رعيت, plural rakyat-rakyat, informal 1st possessive rakyatku, 2nd possessive rakyatmu, 3rd possessive rakyatnya)

1. citizen, subject

• Indonesian: rakyat
• → English: rakyat

• “rakyat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.