stambul

See also: Stambul and Stambuł

Indonesian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish استانبول, from corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstambʊl]
• Hyphenation: stam‧bul

Noun

stambul (first-person possessive stambulku, second-person possessive stambulmu, third-person possessive stambulnya)

1. (drama) ellipsis of komedi stambul..
2. (music) a type of Indonesian musical style that typically makes use of the kroncong.

Alternative forms

• Stambul

Further reading

• “stambul” 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.

Ternate

Etymology

From Indonesian stambul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stam.ˈbul]

Noun

stambul

1. the komedi stambul

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh