bangsal

From Malay bangsal, from Classical Malay bangsal, from Hindi भनसाल (bhansāl, “storehouse”), from earlier भण्डसाल (bhaṇḍasāl), भण्डसार (bhaṇḍasār), from Sanskrit भाण्डशाला (bhāṇḍaśālā, “storehouse, magazine”), from भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa) +‎ शाला (śālā).

• Sense of hall is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦁꦱꦭ꧀ (bangsal, “mansion”), which cf above.
• Sense of ward is a semantic loan from Dutch zaal (“ward”, literally “room, hall”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaŋsal]
• Hyphenation: bang‧sal

bangsal (plural bangsal-bangsal, first-person possessive bangsalku, second-person possessive bangsalmu, third-person possessive bangsalnya)

1. house, mansion.
2. hall.

   Synonym: balai

3. longhouse.

   Synonyms: los, bedeng

4. barracks, shed.

   Synonyms: barak, bedeng

5. (healthcare, medicine) ward: a part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.

• (ward): barak, paviliun, sal
• (ward): wad (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

• “bangsal” 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.

bangsal

1. Romanization of ꦧꦁꦱꦭ꧀