kaṇḍaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed aṇḍa (“egg”) +‎ ka- +‎ -aṅ (“definite article”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kandaŋ/
• Rhymes: -daŋ
• Hyphenation: kaṇ‧ḍaṅ

Noun

kaṇḍaṅ

1. pen, cowshed

   Synonyms: gobraja, kaṇḍaṅ, tunahan, patunahan, patuna-tunahan, wurugan

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦤ꧀ꦝꦁ (kandhang) (inherited)

Further reading

• "kaṇḍaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.