bahan bakar
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of bahan (“material”) + bakar (“burn”), calque of Dutch brandstof (“fuel”, literally “to burn + material”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌbahan ˈbakar/ [ˌba.han ˈba.kar]
- Syllabification: ba‧han ba‧kar
Noun
bahan bakar (plural bahan-bahan bakar)
Synonyms
- bahan api (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- bahan bakar alternatif
- bahan bakar fosil
- bahan bakar hayati
- bahan bakar jet
- bahan bakar metabolik
- bahan bakar minyak
- bahan bakar nabati
- bahan bakar nuklir
- bahan bakar penerbangan
- bahan bakar teradiasi
Further reading
- “bahan bakar” 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.