''Kamus Dewan'' (

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for ''The Institute Dictionary'') is a Malay-language dictionary compiled by

Teuku Iskandar Teuku Iskandar (14 October 1924 – 5 September 2012) was an Indonesian scholar, literary critic and lexicographer. Life and career In 1950, Iskandar graduated from Leiden University, in 1955 he defended his doctoral thesis on the ''Hikayat ...

and published by

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka ( en, Institute of Language and Literature, Jawi: ديوان بهاس دان ڤوستاک), abbreviated DBP, is the government body responsible for coordinating the use of the Malay language and Malay-language literat ...

. This dictionary is useful to students who are studying Malay literature as they provide suitable

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s and meanings of many Malay words. The dictionary is approved for use in the

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'N', 'O' and 'A'-Levels Malay-language examinations organised in

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Editions

As of 2005, four editions of the dictionary have been published. The first edition was published in 1970, the second edition in 1984, the third edition in 1994 and 1998 and the fourth edition in 2005. Out of the four editions, the most popular one is the third edition, which has more than 36,000 entries and around 1566 pages. The fourth edition – the newest edition – has over 49,000 entries and 1817 pages.

Other versions of ''Kamus Dewan''

''Kamus Dewan'' is also published in a digital version. The Dewan Eja Pro software which uses ''Kamus Dewan'' is commercialised by The Name Technology Sdn. Bhd. There is also an online version of the dictionary created by KaryaNet.

External links

Official online version of ''Kamus Dewan''
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