masyarakat madani
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of masyarakat + madani, from Malay masyarakat madani.
Noun
- civil society
- Synonym: masyarakat sipil
Further reading
- “masyarakat madani”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
masyarakat + madani. Coined by Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim in 1995 in Indonesia.