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benduan.

detainee, internee, prisoner

7 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/bən.ˈdu.an/
  1. detainee, internee, prisoner

    obsolete
  2. serf, servant

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Constructed as bendu (“friend”) + -an, inherited from Malay banduan (“convict”), from Hindi बँधुआ (bandhuā, “prisoner, captive; slave”), from Sanskrit बन्ध् (bandh, “to take or hold captive”).

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