beras belanda
Malay
Etymology
Compound of beras (“rice”) + Belanda (“Holland, the Netherlands”), literally "Dutch rice".
Noun
beras belanda (Jawi spelling برس بلندا)
References
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bĕras”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 125-6
- "beras belanda" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
Further reading
- “beras belanda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.