syahbandar
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of syah (“shah, king”) + bandar (“port, harbour”), from Persian شاهبندر (šāhbandar, “harbormaster”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
syahbandar
- (nautical) harbormaster (US), harbourmaster (UK)
Descendants
References
- ^ 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
Further reading
- “syahbandar” 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.