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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay sundal, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦼꦭ꧀ (sundel, “prostitute”), from Old Javanese sundĕl (“prostitute”), caṇḍāla (“wicked”), from Sanskrit चाण्डाल (cāṇḍāla, “outcast”). Doublet of cendala and jendala.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: sun‧dal
Noun
sundal (plural sundal-sundal, first-person possessive sundalku, second-person possessive sundalmu, third-person possessive sundalnya)
- (offensive) whore, prostitute
Synonyms
Adjective
sundal
- immoral, lewd.
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Descendants
- → Min Nan: 順丹／顺丹 (sūn-tan)
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