pengantin

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pê‧ngan‧tin

Etymology 1

From Malay pengantin, from Classical Malay penganten, pengantin, from Javanese ꦥꦔꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦤ꧀ (pangantèn, bride, groom), from Old Javanese paṅantyan (waiting place) (compare apaṅantenan (to be bride and bridegroom)), anti (to wait). Doublet of penghentian. Compare with Tausug pangantin.

Noun

pengantin (first-person possessive pengantinku, second-person possessive pengantinmu, third-person possessive pengantinnya)

  1. bride (female), groom (male).
    Synonyms: manten, mempelai
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Etymology 2

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Noun

pengantin (first-person possessive pengantinku, second-person possessive pengantinmu, third-person possessive pengantinnya)

  1. night jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis).
    Synonym: srigading

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