Where does “kawasan ekonomi khusus” come from?
kawasan ekonomi khusus (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian khusus, from Malay khusus, from Arabic خُصُوص.
kawasan ekonomi khusus (Indonesian): special economic zone: an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country, to encourage investment and development especially through fiscal incentives
Definitions
- special economic zone: an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country, to encourage investment and development especially through fiscal incentives
Ancestry of “kawasan ekonomi khusus”, step by step
kawasan ekonomi khusus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian khusus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | khusus | special, unique, particular |
| 2 | Malay | khusus | special, unique, uncommon |
| 3 | Arabic | خُصُوص | — |
via Indonesian kawasan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | kawasan | region: Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural |
| 2 | Classical Malay | kawasan | — |
| 3 | Javanese | ꦏꦮꦱꦤ꧀ | — |