beras belanda

Malay

Etymology

Compound of beras (“rice”) +‎ Belanda (“Holland, the Netherlands”), literally "Dutch rice".

Noun

beras belanda (Jawi spelling برس بلندا, informal 1st possessive beras belandaku, 2nd possessive beras belandamu, 3rd possessive beras belandanya)

1. barley.

   Synonym: barli

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bĕras”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 125-6
• "beras belanda" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Further reading

• “beras belanda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.