bahan bakar
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of bahan (“material”) + bakar (“fire”), calque of Dutch brandstof (“fuel”, literally “to burn + material”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbahan ˈbakar]
Noun
bahan bakar (first-person possessive bahan bakarku, second-person possessive bahan bakarmu, third-person possessive bahan bakarnya)
- fuel
Synonyms
- bahan api (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- bahan bakar alternatif
- bahan bakar fosil
- bahan bakar hayati
- bahan bakar jet
- bahan bakar metabolik
- bahan bakar minyak
- bahan bakar nabati
- bahan bakar nuklir
- bahan bakar penerbangan
- bahan bakar teradiasi
Further reading
- “bahan bakar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.