Where does “pegawai” come from?

pegawai (Indonesian) comes from Malay pegawai, from Malay pe- — Alternative form of peng-.

pegawai (Indonesian): employee

Definitions

  1. employee

Ancestry of “pegawai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypegawaiofficer; official
2Malaype-Alternative form of peng-

Words derived from “pegawai”

Every word from Malay pe- →Every word from Malay pegawai →
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