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Indonesian
Etymology
From Xiamen Hokkien 肉粽 (bah-chàng), from 肉 (bah, “meat, flesh; pork”) + 粽 (chàng, “zongzi”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.t͡ʃaŋ/
- Hyphenation: ba‧cang
Noun
bacang
- zongzi.
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
Variant of embacang.
Pronunciation
Noun
bacang (plural bacang-bacang, informal 1st possessive bacangku, 2nd possessive bacangmu, 3rd possessive bacangnya)
- a type of mango, Mangifera foetida
Further reading
- “bacang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.