jinayah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jenayah, from Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya, “felony, crime”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiˈnajah]
Hyphenation: ji‧na‧yah

Noun

jinayah (first-person possessive jinayahku, second-person possessive jinayahmu, third-person possessive jinayahnya)

(Islam, law) crime.
Synonyms: kejahatan, kriminal, pidana, perkara

Alternative forms

jenayah, jinayat (nonstandard Indonesian)
jenayah (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Affixed terms

penjinayah

Further reading

“jinayah” 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.

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