seni bina

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of seni (“art”) +‎ bina (“develop”), inherited from Malay seni bina (“architecture”), probably calque of Dutch bouwstijl (“architecture”, literally “style, fashion of building”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.ˈni ˈbi.na/

Noun

seni bina (plural seni-seni bina)

  1. traditional Malay architecture:
    Hypernyms: arsitektur, ilmu bangunan

Further reading

Malay

Noun

seni bina (plural seni-seni bina)

  1. architecture
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