pandan

See also: pandán

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pandan, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan. Doublet of hala via Hawaiian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpændən/

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• Rhymes: -ændən

Noun

pandan (countable and uncountable, plural pandans)

1. (countable) A screw pine, screw palms (Pandanus spp.).
2. (uncountable) A traditional Malay food flavouring derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius.
   • 2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 17:

     “Like vanilla, but better,” she explains. “It’s fragrant and herbal, like you’re taking a big breath of the forest. I can’t believe white people haven’t learned about pandan yet.”

Translations

Pandanus gen. et spp. — see screw pine

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pandan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pandan/
• Hyphenation: pan‧dan

Noun

pandan

1. an aromatic tropical plant (Pandanus amaryllifolius)
2. food flavour derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius

Finnish

Noun

pandan

1. genitive singular of panda

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pendant (“during”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pãdã/

Preposition

pandan

1. during

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pandan, from Proto-Malayic *pandan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpandan]
• Hyphenation: pan‧dan

Noun

pandan (first-person possessive pandanku, second-person possessive pandanmu, third-person possessive pandannya)

1. screw pine, any plant of the genus Pandanus.

Derived terms

• pandan air
• pandan duri
• pandan musang
• pandan podak
• pandan rampai
• pandan wangi

 

Further reading

• “pandan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pandan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pandan/
• Rhymes: -andan, -dan, -an

Noun

pandan (Jawi spelling ڤندن, plural pandan-pandan, informal 1st possessive pandanku, 2nd possessive pandanmu, 3rd possessive pandannya)

1. any plant of the genus Pandanus of screw pines
2. Pandanus amaryllifolius, an aromatic tropical plant
3. food flavour derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius

Derived terms

• pandan duri / hutan (“Pandanus tectorius”)
• pandan kuning (“Pandanus sanderi”)
• pandan laut (“Pandanus odorifer”)
• pandan wangi (“Pandanus amaryllifolius”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: pandan
• → Chinese: 斑蘭／斑兰
• → English: pandan

  → Hawaiian: pānakana

  → Russian: пандан (pandan)

• → New Latin: pandanus

  → English: pandanus

  → French: pandanus

  → Translingual: Pandanus

• → Semai: panat

References

• "pandan" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “pandan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

pandan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpan.dan/
• Rhymes: -andan
• Syllabification: pan‧dan
• Homophone: Pandan

Noun

pandan m inan

1. pandan, pandanus, screw pine (any plant of the genus Pandanus)

   Synonym: pochutnik

Declension

Declension of pandan

	singular	plural
nominative	pandan	pandany
genitive	pandanu	pandanów
dative	pandanowi	pandanom
accusative	pandan	pandany
instrumental	pandanem	pandanami
locative	pandanie	pandanach
vocative	pandanie	pandany

Derived terms

nouns

• pandanowiec

 

Further reading

• pandan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• pandan in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Noun

pandan

1. definite singular of panda

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• padan
• pangdan — obsolete

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *paŋdan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋədan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈdan/, [pɐnˈdan]
• Hyphenation: pan‧dan

Noun

pandán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. any plant of the genus Pandanus of screw pines

   Synonyms: sabutan, panhakad

Derived terms

• buko pandan

 

Further reading

• “pandan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*paŋudaN”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary