jinayah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jenayah, from Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya, “felony, crime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiˈnajah]
• Hyphenation: ji‧na‧yah

Noun

jinayah (first-person possessive jinayahku, second-person possessive jinayahmu, third-person possessive jinayahnya)

1. (Islam, law) crime.

   Synonyms: kejahatan, kriminal, pidana, perkara

Alternative forms

• jenayah, jinayat (nonstandard Indonesian)
• jenayah (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Affixed terms

• penjinayah

 

Further reading

• “jinayah” 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.