pondok

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English

Etymology

From Malay pondok, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon).

Noun

pondok (plural pondoks)

  1. A crudely-built hut in parts of Asia.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pondok, from Classical Malay pondok, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon). The sense “hut” is a semantic loan from Betawi pondok. The sense “Islamic school” is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (pondhok).

Pronunciation

Noun

pondok (plural pondok-pondok, first-person possessive pondokku, second-person possessive pondokmu, third-person possessive pondoknya)

  1. bungalow; cottage; lodge: a building for short-term stay.
  2. (Jakarta) cabin, shed, hut, hovel
  3. home: one's humble abode.
    Synonym: rumah
  4. (Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren.: an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an, similar to other Islamic educational institutions, such as madrasah and maktab.

Usage notes

  • The sense of "house" is informal usage in Standard Malay and labelled as Jakarta in Kamus Dewan.
  • The sense of "maktab" is informal usage in Standard Malay and labelled as Jawa in Kamus Dewan.

Derived terms

Terms derived from pondok

Descendants

  • → Hokkien: 盆洛 (phûn-lo̍k)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon).

Pronunciation

Noun

pondok (Jawi spelling ڤوندوق)

  1. A building for short-term stay; bungalow; cottage; lodge.
    Synonyms: teratak, gubuk, dangau
  2. One's humble abode; home.
    Synonym: rumah
  3. (Jakarta) Cabin, shed, hut, hovel.
  4. (Islam) An Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an, similar to other Islamic educational institutions, such as madrasah and maktab.

Affixations

Compounds

Descendants

Further reading

Sundanese

Romanization

pondok

  1. Romanization of ᮕᮧᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪
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