gudang

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay gudang, from Tamil கிடங்கு (kiṭaṅku, “store room”), from Proto-Dravidian [Term?]. Cognate of Kannada ಗದಙ್ಗು (gadaṅgu), Malayalam കിടങ്‌ങു (kiṭaṅ‌ṅu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡudaŋ/ [ˈɡu.daŋ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -udaŋ
• Syllabification: gu‧dang

Noun

gudang (plural gudang-gudang)

1. warehouse (a place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer)

   Synonyms: depot, magasin, parkus

Hypernyms

• bangsal
• rumah

Malay

Etymology

• Borrowed from Tamil கிடங்கு (kiṭaṅku, “store room”).
• Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦸꦝꦁ (gudhang)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡudaŋ/ [ˈɡu.daŋ]

Noun

gudang (Jawi spelling ݢودڠ, plural gudang-gudang or gudang²)

1. warehouse

Descendants

• Indonesian: gudang
• → Chinese:

  Min Nan: 牛壟／牛垄 (gû-lóng)

• → English: godown, goedown (archaic)
  • → Burmese: ဂိုဒေါင် (guidaung)
• → Macanese: gudám
• → Portuguese: gudão
  • → Bengali: গুদাম (gudam)
    • → Assamese: গুদাম (gudam)
    • → Odia: ଗୋଦାମ (godāma)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: गोदाम (godām)

    Urdu: گودام (godām)

    • → Pashto: ګودام (gódám)
    • → Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਗੋਦਾਮ (godām)

      Shahmukhi script: گودام (godām)

    • → Ushojo: گودام (gōdām)

  • → Malayalam: ഗുദാം (gudāṁ), ഗോദാം (gōdāṁ)
• → Thai: โกดัง (goo-dang), กุดัง (gù-dang)
  • → Lao: ກຸດັງ (ku dang), ໂກດັງ (kō dang)
• → Tausug: guddang

Further reading

• "gudang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017