perdata

• perdatè (Kota)

Borrowed from Balinese pradata (“to know clearly; to understand”), from Old Javanese pradata (“clear; seeing; understanding”), from Sanskrit प्र- (pra-, “act of”) +‎ धट (dhaṭa, “ordeal by the balance”). Possibly a doublet of danta.

• IPA^(key): /pərdata/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: per‧da‧ta

perdata

1. (intransitive) to know clearly

• danta (“clear, certain”)

• Kähler, H. (1966) “pərdāte”, in Wörterverzeichnis des Omong Djakarta [Glossary of the Jakartan speech] (in German), Berlin: Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, page 190

perdata (accusative singular perdatan, plural perdataj, accusative plural perdatajn)

1. singular present passive participle of perdi

From Javanese ꦥꦿꦢꦠ (pradata, “court”), from Old Javanese pradata (“communication; explanation”), from Sanskrit प्र- (pra-, “act of”) +‎ धट (dhaṭa, “ordeal by the balance”). Doublet of pidato.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərˈdata/ [pərˈda.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: per‧da‧ta

pêrdata (plural perdata-perdata)

1. (law) civil, relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters

   Synonym: sipil

• “perdata” 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.

From Javanese ꦥꦿꦢꦠ (pradata, “court”), from Old Javanese pradata (“communication; explanation”), from Sanskrit प्र- (pra-, “act of”) +‎ धट (dhaṭa, “ordeal by the balance”). Doublet of pidato. See also old Sanskrit loans like perdana (from प्रधान pradhāna), percaya (from प्रत्यय pratyaya) and perkara (from प्रकार prakāra).

perdata (Jawi spelling ڤردات, plural perdata-perdata)

1. (law) judiciary

   Synonym: pengadilan

perdata (Jawi spelling ڤردات)

1. (law, Indonesia) civil, relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters

   Synonyms: awam, am, sivil, sipil

From Balinese via the Betawi dialect. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

perdata (Jawi spelling ڤردات, plural perdata-perdata)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (rare) dimness of vision

   Synonyms: rabun, kabur

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “pĕrdata”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 252

• “perdata” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.