Wali negara

from arab

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noun
politik
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From arab

Definition

The head of state or chief executive of a federated state.

Etymology

A compound term derived from the Arabic 'wali', meaning protector or ruler, and the Sanskrit-derived 'negara'. This term was adopted into Indonesian to denote the administrative position of a head of a state within a federal government context.

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