prasmanan

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Betawi prasmanan (“buffet”, literally “French style”), from Prasman (“French”) +‎ -an, with the first element derived from Dutch Fransman (“Frenchman”).[1][2] Alluding to service à la française, from which the buffet is derived.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prasˈmanan]
  • Hyphenation: pras‧ma‧nan

Noun

prasmanan (plural prasmanan-prasmanan)

  1. (cooking) buffet
    Synonym: bufet

References

  1. ^ Jones, R. (2008) [2007] “prasmanan”, in Loan-words in Indonesian and Malay, Indonesian imprints edition, Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia, →ISBN
  2. ^ Grijns, C. D. (1991) Rahayu Hidayat, transl., Kajian bahasa Melayu-Betawi [Betawi-Malay language studies] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pustaka Utama Grafiti, page 143

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