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reksa.

police

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/rəkˈsa/Standard-Indonesian[rək̚ˈsa]Standard-Indonesian

  1. police

  2. guard

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ (reksa, “to guard, to watch over”), from Old Javanese rakṣa (“guarding, protecting; protection”), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā, “guard”). * Displaced Dutch politie (“police”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

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