air tawar

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of air (“water”) +‎ tawar (“tasteless”), literally “tasteless water”.

Noun

air tawar (plural air-air tawar)

1. fresh water, sweet water

Further reading

• “air tawar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016