suri teladan

Compound of suri +‎ teladan (“example, model”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌsuri təˈladan/ [ˌsu.ri t̪əˈla.dan]
• Rhymes: -adan
• Syllabification: su‧ri te‧la‧dan

suri teladan (comparative lebih suri teladan, superlative paling suri teladan)

1. (somewhat poetic) exemplary

   Synonym: teladan

• “suri teladan”, 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

Compound of suri (“queen”) +‎ teladan (“exemplary”). Literally, “exemplary queen”.

• (Johor-Riau, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˌsuri təˈladan/ [ˌsu.ri t̪əˈla.dan]
• Hyphenation: su‧ri‧te‧la‧dan
• Rhymes: -adan, -dan

suri teladan (Jawi spelling سوري تلادن, plural suri-suri teladan)

1. role model
   • 2022 July 17, “Gadis Afghanistan terkesan akibat penutupan sekolah [Afghan girls affected by school closures]”, in Berita Harian‎^[1]:

     Sebelum Taliban memasuki Kabul tahun lalu, Sharifa (bukan nama sebenar) ialah pelajar tahun sembilan di sebuah sekolah di Kabul, dengan mencatat markah tertinggi dalam kelas serta menjadi suri teladan bagi murid lain di sekolahnya.

     Before the Taliban entered Kabul last year, Sharifa (not her real name) was a ninth-year student at a school in Kabul, scoring the highest marks in her class and being a role model for other students at her school.

   Synonym: model peranan (Indonesia)

• “suri teladan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017