bilik jantung

Compound of bilik (“chamber, room”) +‎ jantung (“heart”), possibly a calque from Japanese 心室(しんしつ) (shinshitsu).

bilik jantung (plural bilik-bilik jantung)

1. (anatomy) ventricle: one of two lower chambers of the heart

   Synonyms: bilik, ventrikel

   Coordinate term: serambi jantung

• → Malay: bilik jantung

• “bilik jantung” 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.

Possibly a borrowing from Indonesian bilik jantung. Compound of bilik (“chamber, room”) +‎ jantung (“heart”). Literally, “heart chamber”.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈbilek ˈd͡ʒantoŋ/ [ˈbi.leʔ ˈd͡ʒan̪.t̪oŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈbilik ˈd͡ʒantuŋ/ [ˈbi.liʔ ˈd͡ʒan̪.t̪uŋ]
  • Rhymes: -uŋ
• Hyphenation: bi‧lik jan‧tung

bilik jantung (Jawi spelling بيليق جنتوڠ, plural bilik-bilik jantung)

1. (anatomy) ventricle^[1]

   Synonym: ventrikel

   Meronyms: ventrikel kanan, ventrikel kiri

   Coordinate term: serambi jantung

   • 2012 October 1, Titian Ilmu, Blogger‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 November 2023:

     Ruang sebelah bawah pula adalah bilik jantung (ventrikel kanan dan kiri) di mana tugasnya adalah menghantar keluar darah daripada jantung.

     The lower space is the ventricle (right and left ventricles) whose job is to pump blood out of the heart.

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