gandum

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English

Noun

gandum (plural gandums)

  1. A Persian measure of weight, one quarter of a nakhod.

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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).

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  • Hyphenation: gan‧dum

Noun

gandum (first-person possessive gandumku, second-person possessive gandummu, third-person possessive gandumnya)

  1. wheat
    Synonym: terigu

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Etymology

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).

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Noun

gandum (Jawi spelling ݢندوم, plural gandum-gandum, informal 1st possessive gandumku, 2nd possessive gandummu, 3rd possessive gandumnya)

  1. wheat
    Synonym: terigu

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Descendants

  • Indonesian: gandum

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݢندم gandoem”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 107
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢندم gandom”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 579
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “gandum”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 325

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