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bandar

See also: Bandar

English

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Etymology

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From Hindi बन्दर (bandar).

Noun

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bandar (plural bandars)

  1. A rhesus macaque.
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Icelandic

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Verb

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bandar

  1. second-person singular active present indicative of banda
  2. third-person singular active present indicative of banda

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈban.dar]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dar

Etymology 1

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From Malay bandar (“harbour, port”), from Persian بندر (bandar, “port, harbour”).[1]

Noun

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bandar (plural bandar-bandar, first-person possessive bandarku, second-person possessive bandarmu, third-person possessive bandarnya)

  1. harbour, port
    Synonym: pelabuhan
  2. coastal town
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Etymology 2

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Semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢꦂ (bandar).

Noun

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bandar (plural bandar-bandar, first-person possessive bandarku, second-person possessive bandarmu, third-person possessive bandarnya)

  1. bookmaker, bookie: a person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets.
  2. croupier, banker: the person who collects bets and pays out winnings at a gambling table.
  3. (usually in negative sense) dealer of something
    Synonyms: agen, dealer, distributor, pemasok, pengedar, penyalur, penyuplai, tauke
    bandar narkoba ― drug dealer
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Etymology 3

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Semantic loan from Minangkabau banda.

Noun

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bandar (plural bandar-bandar, first-person possessive bandarku, second-person possessive bandarmu, third-person possessive bandarnya)

  1. watercourse, ditch
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Usage notes

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The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay bandar.

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  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

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Javanese

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Romanization

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bandar

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢꦂ

Malay

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Etymology

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From Persian بندر (bandar, “port, harbour”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bandar (Jawi spelling باندر, plural bandar-bandar, informal 1st possessive bandarku, 2nd possessive bandarmu, 3rd possessive bandarnya)

  1. town
  2. harbour, port

Usage notes

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The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian bandar.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: bandar
  • → Javanese: ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢꦂ (bandar)
    • → Indonesian: bandar (semantic loan)

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Swedish

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Verb

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bandar

  1. present indicative of banda
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