rakyat

Indonesian

noun

Definitions

citizen, subject
people, populace

Etymology

Inherited from Malay rakyat inherited from ra'yat (people) derived from Arabic رَعِيَّة (flock, subject, citizens, herd).

Origin

Arabic

رَعِيَّة

Gloss

flock, subject, citizens, herd

Concept

Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

rakyat English
国民学校 Japanese
رَعِيَّة Arabic
رعیت Persian
sekolah Indonesian
sekolah rakyat Indonesian
reaya Turkish
rakyat Malay
*arraia Old Portuguese
raia Swahili
رعیت fa-cls
رعیت‎ fa-cls
ra'yat ms-cla