bawang merah

Compound of bawang (“Allium sp.”) +‎ merah (“red”), from Malay bawang merah.

bawang merah (plural bawang-bawang merah)

1. shallot

   Synonym: berambang

• bawang putih
• bawang bombai

• “bawang merah” 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.

From bawang (“onion”) +‎ merah (“red”).

bawang merah (Jawi spelling باوڠ ميره, plural bawang-bawang merah)

1. shallot

• bawang putih

• “bawang merah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.