permadani

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦥꦼꦂꦩꦢꦤꦶ (permadani, “carpet”), from Malayalam പരവതാനി (paravatāni).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pərmaˈdani]
Hyphenation: pêr‧ma‧da‧ni

Noun

pêrmadani (first-person possessive permadaniku, second-person possessive permadanimu, third-person possessive permadaninya)

carpet: a fabric used as a complete floor covering.
Synonyms: ambal, hamparan, karpet

Alternative forms

permaidani (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

bepermadani

References

Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 74.

Further reading

“permadani” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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