perguruan tinggi
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of perguruan (“school”) + tinggi (“high”), calque of Dutch hogeschool.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]perguruan tinggi (first-person possessive perguruan tinggiku, second-person possessive perguruan tinggimu, third-person possessive perguruan tingginya)
- (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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Alternative forms
[edit]- perti (acronyms)
- PT (initialism)
Synonyms
[edit]- institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) (Standard Malay)
Hyponyms
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “perguruan tinggi” 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.