gandum
English
Noun
gandum (plural gandums)
- A Persian measure of weight, one quarter of a nakhod.
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- gandoem (pre-1947)
Etymology
From earlier gandoem, from Malay gandum, from Classical Malay gandum (“wheat”), from Persian گندم (gandom), from Middle Persian 𐫃𐫗𐫇𐫖 (gnwm /gannum/, “wheat”), (in book Pahlavi 𐭤𐭢 (Hg /gan(d)um/)), from Proto-Iranian, from possibly Semitic (compare Proto-Semitic *ḥnṭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡan.dʊm]
- Hyphenation: gan‧dum
Noun
gandum (first-person possessive gandumku, second-person possessive gandummu, third-person possessive gandumnya)
- wheat
- Synonym: terigu
Derived terms
- tepung gandum
Further reading
- “gandum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Persian گندم (gandom).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ɡan.dom/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ɡan.dʊm/
- Rhymes: -dom, -om
Noun
gandum (Jawi spelling ݢندوم, plural gandum-gandum, informal 1st possessive gandumku, 2nd possessive gandummu, 3rd possessive gandumnya)
- wheat
- Synonym: terigu
Derived terms
- tepung gandum
Descendants
- Indonesian: gandum
Further reading
- “gandum” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- "gandum" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.