perusahaan negara

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of perusahaan (“company”) +‎ negara (“state”), calque of Dutch staatsbedrijf (“state-owned company”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pərʊsaˈhaan nəˈɡara/

Noun

perusahaan negara (first-person possessive perusahaan negaraku, second-person possessive perusahaan negaramu, third-person possessive perusahaan negaranya)

1. (government, dated) state-owned enterprise: a commercial business wholly or partly owned and operated by a government.

Synonyms

• badan usaha milik negara
• syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (Malaysia)
• syarikat milik kerajaan (Malaysia)

Further reading

• “perusahaan negara” 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.