gudang
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay gudang, from Tamil கிடங்கு (kiṭaṅku, “store room”), from Proto-Dravidian [Term?]. Cognate of Kannada ಗದಙ್ಗು (gadaṅgu), Malayalam കിടങ്ങു (kiṭaṅṅu).
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Noun edit
gudang (first-person possessive gudangku, second-person possessive gudangmu, third-person possessive gudangnya)
- A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer; warehouse.
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Malay edit
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Noun edit
gudang (Jawi spelling ݢودڠ, plural gudang-gudang, informal 1st possessive gudangku, 2nd possessive gudangmu, 3rd possessive gudangnya)
Descendants edit
- → Pashto: ګودام (godãm)
- → Portuguese: gudão
- → Bengali: গুদাম (gudam)
- → Thai: โกดัง (goo-dang), กุดัง (gù-dang)
References edit
- ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges . In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
Further reading edit
- “gudang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.