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