syahbandar

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of syah (“shah, king”) +‎ bandar (“port, harbour”), from Persian شاهبندر (šâhbandar, “harbormaster”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃah.ban.dar/
  • Hyphenation: syah‧ban‧dar

Noun

syahbandar

  1. (nautical) harbormaster (US), harbourmaster (UK)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Min Nan: 審萬達 / 审万达 (sím-bān-ta̍t)

References

  1. ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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