tudung

See also: tư dung, and tự dưng

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tudung.

Noun

tudung (plural tudungs)

1. A form of the hijab worn in Malaysia

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tudung (“veil; hijab; cover”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduŋ (“head cover, protection from sun or rain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.dʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -dʊŋ
• Hyphenation: tu‧dung

Noun

tudung (plural tudung-tudung, first-person possessive tudungku, second-person possessive tudungmu, third-person possessive tudungnya)

1. cap, cover, shade.
2. veil; hijab

Derived terms

• bertudung
• ditudung
• ditudungi
• menudung
• menudungi
• menudungkan
• penudung
• penudungan
• tertudung

 

Further reading

• “tudung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduŋ (“head cover, protection from sun or rain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuduŋ/
• Rhymes: -uduŋ, -duŋ, -uŋ
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [tudʊŋ, -oŋ, -o̞ŋ]

Noun

tudung (Jawi spelling تودوڠ, plural tudung-tudung, informal 1st possessive tudungku, 2nd possessive tudungmu, 3rd possessive tudungnya)

1. veil; hijab

   Synonym: hijab

   Lawanya tudung itu!

   That hijab is so beautiful!

2. any object used to close or cover something (e.g. a container, a bottle, food)

   Synonym: penutup

   Tudung botol

   Bottle lid

Verb

tudung (Jawi spelling تودوڠ)

1. to close or cover something (e.g. a container, a bottle, food)

   Synonym: tutup

   Tudung kuih itu sekarang!

   Cover that kuih right now!

Descendants

• Indonesian: tudung
• → English: tudung

Further reading

• “tudung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary