polis
Malay
noun
Definitions
- police, a civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order.
Etymology
Borrowed from English police.
Origin
English
police
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Policespeak English
- antipolice English
- cyberpolice English
- nonpolice English
- parapolice English
- police English
- policeable English
- policeboat English
- policedom English
- policeism English
- policeless English
- policelike English
- policeman English
- policeperson English
- policer English
- policewoman English
- policework English
- policial English
- policiary English
- self-police English
- पुलिस Hindi
- polis Cebuano
- పోలీసు Telugu
- pulis Tagalog
- anjing Malay
- anjing polis Malay
- balai Malay
- balai polis Malay
- ပုလိပ် Burmese
- police Middle French
- 波麗士 Chinese
- polisi Swahili
- iphoyisa Zulu
- polis Tok Pisin
- པུ་ལི་སི Tibetan
- pulis Bikol Central
- پوليس Pashto, Pushto
- borithi Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- pulísena Taos