bangsal

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bangsal, from Classical Malay bangsal, from Hindi भनसाल (bhansāl, “storehouse”), from earlier भण्डसाल (bhaṇḍasāl), भण्डसार (bhaṇḍasār), from Sanskrit भाण्डशाला (bhāṇḍaśālā, “storehouse, magazine”), from भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa) +‎ शाला (śālā).

  • Sense of hall is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦁꦱꦭ꧀ (bangsal, “mansion”), which cf above.
  • Sense of ward is a semantic loan from Dutch zaal (“ward”, literally “room, hall”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbaŋsal/ [ˈbaŋ.sal]
  • Rhymes: -aŋsal
  • Syllabification: bang‧sal

Noun

bangsal (plural bangsal-bangsal)

  1. house, mansion
  2. hall
    Synonym: balai
  3. longhouse
    Synonyms: los, bedeng
  4. barracks, shed
    Synonyms: barak, bedeng
  5. (healthcare, medicine) ward: a part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside
    Synonyms: barak, paviliun, sal
  6. pavilion
    Synonyms: anjungan, astaka, paviliun
  7. (dialect Riau) workshop (room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work)
  8. (dialect Riau) pile of wood for sale

Synonyms

  • (ward): sal
  • (ward): wad (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Compounds

  • bangsal andrawina
  • bangsal benih
  • bangsal kasatriyan
  • bangsal keben
  • bangsal kencana
  • bangsal keputren
  • bangsal kotak
  • bangsal mandalasana
  • bangsal manguntur tangkil
  • bangsal manis
  • bangsal marcukunda
  • bangsal mesin
  • bangsal pacekotan
  • bangsal pacikeran
  • bangsal pagelaran
  • bangsal pancaniti
  • bangsal pangrawit
  • bangsal pemeraman
  • bangsal piket
  • bangsal pradangga
  • bangsal semarakata
  • bangsal ternak
  • bangsal trajumas
  • bangsal wisamarta
  • bangsal witana

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

bangsal

  1. romanization of ꦧꦁꦱꦭ꧀

Sundanese

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Noun

bangsal (Sundanese script ᮘᮀᮞᮜ᮪)

  1. unhusked rice
Derived terms
  • ngabangsalkeun

See also

Etymology 2

From Indonesian bangsal, from Malay bangsal.

Noun

bangsal (Sundanese script ᮘᮀᮞᮜ᮪)

  1. hall (a large meeting room)

Further reading

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