kasturi
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Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī).
Noun
[edit]kasturi (Jawi spelling کستوري, plural kasturi-kasturi, informal 1st possessive kasturiku, 2nd possessive kasturimu, 3rd possessive kasturinya)
Further reading
[edit]- “kasturi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Indonesian
[edit]Noun
[edit]kasturi (first-person possessive kasturiku, second-person possessive kasturimu, third-person possessive kasturinya)
- abelmosk, annual hibiscus, musk mallow (Abelmoschus moschatus)
- a mango of species Mangifera casturi, from South Kalimantan
- a back-scratcher ginger, or torch ginger, of species Tapeinochilos ananassae, a type of flower from Maluku and New Guinea.
- a parrot (kind of bird)
Further reading
[edit]- “kasturi” 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.
- Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) online, "kasturi".