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Acehnese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay garam.

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garam

  1. salt

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Brunei Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡaram/
  • (Kedayan) IPA(key): /ɡaam/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ram

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garam

  1. salt (sodium chloride)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay garam, from Classical Malay garam (table salt), from Proto-Malayic *garəm (grain). The chemistry sense is a semantic loan from Dutch zout (salt).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡa.ram]
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  • Hyphenation: ga‧ram

Noun

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garam (first-person possessive garamku, second-person possessive garammu, third-person possessive garamnya)

  1. salt:
    1. a common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
    2. (chemistry) one of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
  2. (cooking) short for garam dapur (table salt).
  3. (colloquial) (salt-like) fertilizer.
    Synonym: pupuk

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian Bajau: garam

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Indonesian Bajau

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Indonesian garam.

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garam

  1. salt

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Latvian

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Noun

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garam m

  1. dative singular of gars

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garam

  1. dative singular masculine of garš

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *garəm (grain). Cognate with Sasak garem (grain).[1]

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garam (Jawi spelling ݢارم, plural garam-garam, informal 1st possessive garamku, 2nd possessive garammu, 3rd possessive garamnya)

  1. salt

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  1. ^ Adelaar, K. Alexander (1992). Proto-Malayic: The Reconstruction of its Phonology and Parts of its Morphology. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p. 141.

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