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dom.

needle

3 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɔm/
  1. needle

Where this word comes from

From Javanese ꦢꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (dom, “needle”), from Old Javanese dom (“needle”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum. Doublet of jarum.

noun/ˈdɔm/
  1. episcopal cathedral

  2. another major church (often a basilica) which has been granted this high rank

Where this word comes from

From Dutch dom, from Middle Dutch doem, from Latin domus (“house, building”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”). Cf. Old Dutch duom.

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