bustan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bustan, via Arabic بُسْتَان (bustān, “garden, orchard”) or directly from Classical Persian بوستان (bōstān, “garden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊstan/
• Hyphenation: bus‧tan
• Rhymes: -tan, -an, -n

Noun

bustan (plural bustan-bustan, first-person possessive bustanku, second-person possessive bustanmu, third-person possessive bustannya)

1. garden, orchard

   Synonym: kebun

2. park

   Synonym: taman

Alternative forms

• bostan

Further reading

• “bustan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Persian بوستان (bôstân, “garden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bus.tan]
• Hyphenation: bus‧tan
• Rhymes: -tan

Noun

bustan (Jawi spelling بستان, plural bustan-bustan, informal 1st possessive bustanku, 2nd possessive bustanmu, 3rd possessive bustannya)

1. (Classical Malay) garden

   Synonyms: taman, kebun

References

• “bustan” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 361.
• “bustan” in Kamus Bahasa Melayu Nusantara Edisi Kedua (‘Nusantara Malay Language Dictionary Second Edition’), Berakas: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei, 2011, →ISBN, page 412.

Further reading

• “bustan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.