hambar

Inherited from Malay hambar, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qambaR (“tasteless, insipid”)

• Rhymes: -ar

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhambar/ [ˈham.bar]
• Rhymes: -ambar
• Syllabification: ham‧bar

hambar (comparative lebih hambar, superlative paling hambar)

1. bland; tasteless

   Synonym: tawar

   Tanpa garam, sup ini tentu akan terasa hambar. ― Without salt, this soup will surely taste bland.

2. lacking enthusiasm; passionless

• “hambar” 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.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qambaR (“tasteless, insipid”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhambar/ [ˈham.bar]
• Rhymes: -bar, -ar
• Hyphenation: ham‧bar

hambar (Jawi spelling همبر)

1. bland; tasteless

   Synonym: tawar

2. cold; passionless

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

Borrowed from Hungarian hombár, from Ottoman Turkish انبار (ambâr), from Persian انبار (anbâr).

hambar n (plural hambare)

1. barn

hȁmbār m inan (Cyrillic spelling ха̏мба̄р)

1. alternative spelling of ambar (“barn, granary, silo.”)