gambir

gambir (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of gambier.

• bigram

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡambir/ [ˈɡam.bɪr]
• Rhymes: -ambir
• Syllabification: gam‧bir

Inherited from Malay gambir.

gambir (plural gambir-gambir)

1. gambier (Uncaria gambir)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩ꧀ꦧꦶꦂ (gambir, “reddish-brown colour; the gambir plant”), from Old Javanese gambir (“a small, white, fragrant flower”).

gambir (comparative lebih gambir, superlative paling gambir)

1. brown

• “gambir” 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.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ɡambe(r)/
• (Riau-Lingga, Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /ɡambɪ(r)/
• Rhymes: -ambe(r), -be(r), -e(r)

gambir (Jawi spelling ݢمبير, plural gambir-gambir)

1. gambier (Uncaria gambir)

• Indonesian: gambir
• → English: gambier
• → Min Nan: 柑仔蜜 (kam-á-bi̍t, “gambier extract”)

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

Borrowed from English gambier, from Malay gambir.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.bir/
• Rhymes: -ambir
• Syllabification: gam‧bir

gambir m inan

1. gambier (Uncaria gambir)

   Synonym: czepota

2. gambier (astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant)

• gambir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin gambir.

gambir m (plural gambiri)

1. gambier (Uncaria gambir)