bahan bakar

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of bahan (“material”) +‎ bakar (“burn”), calque of Dutch brandstof (“fuel”, literally “to burn + material”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌbahan ˈbakar/ [ˌba.han ˈba.kar]
• Syllabification: ba‧han ba‧kar

Noun

bahan bakar (plural bahan-bahan bakar)

1. fuel

Synonyms

• bahan api (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• bahan bakar alternatif
• bahan bakar fosil
• bahan bakar hayati
• bahan bakar jet
• bahan bakar metabolik
• bahan bakar minyak
• bahan bakar nabati
• bahan bakar nuklir
• bahan bakar penerbangan
• bahan bakar teradiasi

Further reading

• “bahan bakar”, 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