gandum

English

Noun

gandum (plural gandums)

  1. A Persian measure of weight, one quarter of a nakhod.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • gandoem (pre-1947)

Etymology

From earlier gandoem, from Malay gandum, from Classical Malay gandum (“wheat”), from Persian گندم‎ (gandom), from Middle Persian 𐫃𐫗𐫇𐫖‎ (gnwm /gannum/, “wheat”), (in book Pahlavi 𐭤𐭢‎ (Hg /gan(d)um/)), from Proto-Iranian, from possibly Semitic (compare Proto-Semitic *ḥnṭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡan.dʊm]
  • Hyphenation: gan‧dum

Noun

gandum (first-person possessive gandumku, second-person possessive gandummu, third-person possessive gandumnya)

  1. wheat
    Synonym: terigu

Derived terms

  • tepung gandum

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Persian گندم‎ (gandom).

Pronunciation

Noun

gandum (Jawi spelling ݢندوم‎, plural gandum-gandum, informal 1st possessive gandumku, 2nd possessive gandummu, 3rd possessive gandumnya)

  1. wheat
    Synonym: terigu

Derived terms

  • tepung gandum

Descendants

  • Indonesian: gandum

Further reading

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