bangsal

Indonesian

Bangsal (2)

Bangsal (5)

Etymology

From Malay bangsal, from Classical Malay bangsal, from Hindi भनसाल (bhansāl, “storehouse”), from earlier भण्डसाल (bhaṇḍasāl), भण्डसार (bhaṇḍasār), from Sanskrit भाण्डशाला (bhāṇḍaśālā, “storehouse, magazine”), from भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa) +‎ शाला (śālā).

• Sense of hall is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦁꦱꦭ꧀ (bangsal, “mansion”), which cf above.
• Sense of ward is a semantic loan from Dutch zaal (“ward”, literally “room, hall”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋsal/ [ˈbaŋ.sal]
• Rhymes: -aŋsal
• Syllabification: bang‧sal

Noun

bangsal (plural bangsal-bangsal)

1. house, mansion
2. hall

   Synonym: balai

3. longhouse

   Synonyms: los, bedeng

4. barracks, shed

   Synonyms: barak, bedeng

5. (healthcare, medicine) ward: a part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside

   Synonyms: barak, paviliun, sal

6. pavilion

   Synonyms: anjungan, astaka, paviliun

7. (dialect Riau) workshop (room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work)
8. (dialect Riau) pile of wood for sale

Synonyms

• (ward): sal
• (ward): wad (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Compounds

• bangsal andrawina
• bangsal benih
• bangsal kasatriyan
• bangsal keben
• bangsal kencana
• bangsal keputren
• bangsal kotak
• bangsal mandalasana
• bangsal manguntur tangkil
• bangsal manis
• bangsal marcukunda
• bangsal mesin
• bangsal pacekotan
• bangsal pacikeran
• bangsal pagelaran
• bangsal pancaniti
• bangsal pangrawit
• bangsal pemeraman
• bangsal piket
• bangsal pradangga
• bangsal semarakata
• bangsal ternak
• bangsal trajumas
• bangsal wisamarta
• bangsal witana

Related terms

• benda
• sala
• syala

Further reading

• “bangsal”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

bangsal

1. romanization of ꦧꦁꦱꦭ꧀

Sundanese

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Noun

bangsal (Sundanese script ᮘᮀᮞᮜ᮪)

1. unhusked rice

Derived terms

• ngabangsalkeun

See also

• paré (“rice plant”)
• béas (“uncooked rice”)
• kéjo/sangu (“cooked rice”)
• sawah (“rice paddy”)

Etymology 2

From Indonesian bangsal, from Malay bangsal.

Noun

bangsal (Sundanese script ᮘᮀᮞᮜ᮪)

1. hall (a large meeting room)

Further reading

• "BANGSAL", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
• "bangsal" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia