pandan

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay pandan, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan. Doublet of hala via Hawaiian.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpændən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ændən

Noun

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pandan (countable and uncountable, plural pandans)

  1. (countable) A screw pine, screw palms (Pandanus spp.).
  2. (uncountable) A traditional Malay food flavouring derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius.
    • 2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 17:
      “Like vanilla, but better,” she explains. “It’s fragrant and herbal, like you’re taking a big breath of the forest. I can’t believe white people haven’t learned about pandan yet.”

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Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *pandan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pandan/
  • Hyphenation: pan‧dan

Noun

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pandan

  1. an aromatic tropical plant (Pandanus amaryllifolius)
  2. food flavour derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius

Finnish

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Noun

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pandan

  1. genitive singular of panda

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French pendant (during).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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pandan

  1. during

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay pandan, from Proto-Malayic *pandan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpandan]
  • Hyphenation: pan‧dan

Noun

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pandan (first-person possessive pandanku, second-person possessive pandanmu, third-person possessive pandannya)

  1. screw pine, any plant of the genus Pandanus.

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Further reading

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Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *pandan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

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Noun

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pandan (Jawi spelling ڤندن, plural pandan-pandan, informal 1st possessive pandanku, 2nd possessive pandanmu, 3rd possessive pandannya)

  1. any plant of the genus Pandanus of screw pines
  2. Pandanus amaryllifolius, an aromatic tropical plant
  3. food flavour derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
pandan

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pandan m inan

  1. pandan, pandanus, screw pine (any plant of the genus Pandanus)
    Synonym: pochutnik

Declension

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Derived terms

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nouns

Further reading

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  • pandan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • pandan in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

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Noun

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pandan

  1. definite singular of panda

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *paŋdan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋədan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pandán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

  1. any plant of the genus Pandanus of screw pines
    Synonyms: sabutan, panhakad

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • pandan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*paŋudaN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI