bancan

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Korean 반찬 (banchan), from

Sino-Korean word from 飯饌, from 飯 (“rice; food”) + 饌 (“side dish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbant͡ʃan]
• Hyphenation: ban‧can

Noun

bancan (plural bancan-bancan)

1. banchan: a small dish of food served with cooked rice in Korean cuisine

Further reading

• “bancan”, 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

Spanish

Verb

bancan

1. third-person plural present indicative of bancar

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Alternative forms

• balcon

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit वङ्गन (vaṅgana).

Noun

bancan

1. eggplant