benduan
Indonesian
Etymology
Constructed as bendu (“friend”) + -an, inherited from Malay banduan (“convict”), from Hindi बँधुआ (bandhuā, “prisoner, captive; slave”), from Sanskrit बन्ध् (bandh, “to take or hold captive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bən.ˈdu.an/
- Rhymes: -an, -n
- Hyphenation: bên‧du‧an
Noun
bênduan (plural benduan-benduan, first-person possessive benduanku, second-person possessive benduanmu, third-person possessive benduannya)
Further reading
- “benduan” 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.
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