bangsal

bangsal

Indonesian

Bangsal (2)

Bangsal (5)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Compounds

• bangsal benih
• bangsal kencana
• bangsal mesin
• bangsal ternak

 

Related terms

• benda
• sala
• syala

 

Further reading

• “bangsal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.