Where does “kelurahan” come from?

kelurahan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian lurah, from Javanese ꦭꦸꦫꦃ — village chief.

kelurahan (Indonesian): subdistrict; A county-level division below the...

Definitions

  1. subdistrict; A county-level division below the...

Ancestry of “kelurahan”, step by step

kelurahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian lurah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianlurahThe chief executive officer in a subdistrict...
2Javaneseꦭꦸꦫꦃvillage chief

via Javanese ꦏꦭꦸꦫꦲꦤ꧀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦏꦭꦸꦫꦲꦤ꧀the domain of ꦭꦸꦫꦃ
Every word from Javanese ꦭꦸꦫꦃEvery word from Indonesian lurah
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