syahbandar

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of syah (shah, king) + bandar (port, harbour), from Persian شاهبندر (šâhbandar, harbormaster).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃah.ban.dar/
  • Hyphenation: syah‧ban‧dar

Noun

syahbandar

  1. (nautical) harbormaster (US), harbourmaster (UK)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Min Nan: 審萬達审万达 (sím-bān-ta̍t)

References

  1. Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

Further reading

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