wakil
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl).
Noun
wakil (plural wakils)
- In Arabian countries and in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, a lawyer or an administrator; one acting on behalf of another.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay wakil, from Classical Malay واکيل (wakil), from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈwakil/ [ˈwa.kɪl]
- Rhymes: -akil
- Syllabification: wa‧kil
Noun
wakil (plural wakil-wakil)
- vice (one who acts in place of a superior)
- envoy
- agent
- Synonym: agen
- representation
Derived terms
- berwakil
- keterwakilan
- mewakili
- mewakilkan
- perwakilan
- pewakil
- terwakili
- terwakilkan
Further reading
- “wakil” 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.