cendol

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Balinese ᬘᬾᬦ᭄ᬤᭀᬮ᭄ (céndol, “rice or sago syrup”) or Javanese ꦕꦺꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦭ꧀ (cèndhol, “protuberant”), from Old Javanese ceṇḍol.

First attested in the Tantri Demung found at Sidemen Karangasem district in Bali, 1728 AD, as ᬘᬾᬦ᭄ᬤᭀᬮ᭄ (céndol).

Noun

cendol (countable and uncountable, plural cendols)

1. A traditional Balinese and Javanese sweet made with rice flour or sago noodles and coconut milk

Translations

Bali-Java dessert

• Balinese: céndol
• Burmese: မုန့်လက်ဆောင်း (my) (mun.lakhcaung:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 珍多冰 (zhēnduōbīng), 煎蕊 (jiānruǐ), 煎律, 晶露

• Indonesian: cendol (id), dawet (id)
• Japanese: チェンドル
• Javanese: cèndhol
• Korean: 첸돌 (chendol)
• Malay: cendol
• Mon: လက်ဆံၚ်
• Old Javanese: ceṇḍol
• Thai: ลอดช่อง (th) (lɔ̂ɔt-chɔ̂ng)
• Vietnamese: bánh lọt

See also

• cendol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Dictionary of Balinese - English by C. Clyde Barber (1979, Aberdeen University Library, Occasional Publications No. 2.

Anagrams

• cloned, colden