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bangsal.

house, mansion

7 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbaŋsal/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbaŋ.sal]Standard-Indonesian
  1. house, mansion

  2. hall

  3. longhouse

  4. barracks, shed

  5. ward: a part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside

  6. pavilion

  7. workshop (room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work)

    Riau · dialectal
  8. pile of wood for sale

    Riau · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Malay bangsal, from Classical Malay bangsal, from Hindi भनसाल (bhansāl, “storehouse”), from earlier भण्डसाल (bhaṇḍasāl), भण्डसार (bhaṇḍasār), from Sanskrit भाण्डशाला (bhāṇḍaśālā, “storehouse, magazine”), from भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa) + शाला (śālā). * Sense of hall is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦁꦱꦭ꧀ (bangsal, “mansion”), which cf above. * Sense of ward is a semantic loan from Dutch zaal (“ward”, literally “room, hall”).

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