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See also: Nakhoda
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]nakhoda (plural nakhodas)
- (historical) A travelling merchant in parts of South-East Asia, in charge of a vessel.
Indonesian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay nakhoda (“captain”), from Persian ناخدا (nâxodâ).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nakhoda (first-person possessive nakhodaku, second-person possessive nakhodamu, third-person possessive nakhodanya)
- (nautical) shipowner
- Synonym: cincu
- (nautical, military) shipmaster, captain
- (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner; master.
References
[edit]- ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
Further reading
[edit]- “nakhoda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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