perguruan tinggi

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Etymology

Compound of perguruan (school) +‎ tinggi (high), calque of Dutch hogeschool.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pərɡuˈruan ˈtiŋɡi]

Noun

perguruan tinggi (first-person possessive perguruan tinggiku, second-person possessive perguruan tinggimu, third-person possessive perguruan tingginya)

  1. (education) higher education institution; post-secondary education institution.
    1956, Prof. Drs. Soeparwi, Laporan Lengkap Seminar Ilmu Kebudajaan diselenggarakan oleh Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Gadjah Mada, page 58:
    Kemudian saya berunding dengan Prof. Sardjito ; lalu di Klaten dibuka Perguruan Tinggi Kedokteran Hewan ; dengan begitu di Klaten ada 3 buah Perguruan Tinggi, jang dilahirkan dalam kantjah Revolusi.
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References

  1. ^ Carr, Denzel (1958) “Some Problems Arising from Linguistic Eleutheromania”, in The Journal of Asian Studies[1], volume 17, number 2, →DOI, pages 207-214

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