pondok

English

Etymology

From Malay pondok, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, hotel), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon).

Noun

pondok (plural pondoks)

  1. A crudely-built hut in parts of Asia.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pondok, from Classical Malay pondok, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, hotel), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon). The sense hut is a semantic loan from Betawi pondok. The sense Islamic school is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (pondhok).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpondoʔ/ [ˈpon.dɔʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ondoʔ
  • Syllabification: pon‧dok

Noun

pondok (plural pondok-pondok)

  1. bungalow; cottage; lodge: a building for short-term stay
  2. (Jakarta) cabin, shed, hut, hovel
  3. home: one's humble abode
    Synonym: rumah
  4. (Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren (an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an, similar to other Islamic educational institutions, such as madrasah and maktab)

Usage notes

  • The sense of "house" is informal usage in Standard Malay and labelled as Jakarta in Kamus Dewan.
  • The sense of "maktab" is informal usage in Standard Malay and labelled as Jawa in Kamus Dewan.

Derived terms

  • memondok
  • memondokkan
  • pemondokan
  • pondokan

Descendants

  • Hokkien: 盆洛 (phûn-lo̍k)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, hotel), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon).

  • (Islamic boarding school): Semantic loan from Javanese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pon.doʔ]
  • Rhymes: -dok, -ok
  • Hyphenation: pon‧dok

Noun

pondok (Jawi spelling ڤوندوق)

  1. A building for short-term stay; bungalow; cottage; lodge.
    Synonyms: teratak, gubuk, dangau
  2. One's humble abode; home.
    Synonym: rumah
  3. (Jakarta) Cabin, shed, hut, hovel.
  4. (Islam) An Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an, similar to other Islamic educational institutions, such as madrasah and maktab.

Affixations

  • memondok (to stay over)
  • pemondokan
  • pondokan
  • pondokkan (to let someone stay over)

Compounds

  • pondok telefon (telephone booth)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: pondok
  • English: pondok
  • Hokkien: 盆洛 (phûn-lo̍k)

Further reading

Sundanese

Adjective

pondok (Sundanese script ᮕᮧᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪)

  1. short