Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay keskul, from Classical Persian کشکول (kaškūl, beggar, bowl), کجکول (kajkūl) a compound of کج (kaj, crooked) +‎ کول (kōl, pond, reservoir).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kəsˈkʊl]
  • Hyphenation: kês‧kul

Noun edit

kêskul (first-person possessive keskulku, second-person possessive keskulmu, third-person possessive keskulnya)

  1. (archaic) the beggar's bowl.

References edit

  1. ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

Further reading edit