pandan

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pandan, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan. Doublet of hala via Hawaiian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpændən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ændən

Noun

pandan (countable and uncountable, plural pandans)

  1. (countable) A screw pine, screw palms (Pandanus spp.).
  2. (uncountable) A traditional Malay food flavouring derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius.
    • 2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 17:
      “Like vanilla, but better,” she explains. “It’s fragrant and herbal, like you’re taking a big breath of the forest. I can’t believe white people haven’t learned about pandan yet.”

Translations

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pandan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pandan/
  • Hyphenation: pan‧dan

Noun

pandan

  1. an aromatic tropical plant (Pandanus amaryllifolius)
  2. food flavour derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius

Finnish

Noun

pandan

  1. genitive singular of panda

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pendant (during).

Pronunciation

Preposition

pandan

  1. during

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pandan, from Proto-Malayic *pandan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pan‧dan

Noun

pandan (plural pandan-pandan)

  1. screw pine, any plant of the genus Pandanus.

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pandan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

Noun

pandan (Jawi spelling ڤندن, plural pandan-pandan, informal 1st possessive pandanku, 2nd possessive pandanmu, 3rd possessive pandannya)

  1. any plant of the genus Pandanus of screw pines
  2. Pandanus amaryllifolius, an aromatic tropical plant
  3. food flavour derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Polish

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pandan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

pandan m inan

  1. pandan, pandanus, screw pine (any plant of the genus Pandanus)
    Synonym: pochutnik

Declension

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • pandan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • pandan in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Noun

pandan

  1. definite singular of panda

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *paŋdan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋədan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

Noun

pandán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

  1. any plant of the genus Pandanus of screw pines
    Synonyms: sabutan, panhakad

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pandan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*paŋudaN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI