pangkalan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pangkalan, by surface analysis, pangkal +‎ -an. Semantic loan from Minangkabau [Term?] for host sense.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /paŋˈkalan/ [paŋˈka.lan]
• Rhymes: -alan
• Syllabification: pang‧ka‧lan

Noun

pangkalan (plural pangkalan-pangkalan)

1. anchorage, pier, quay, moorage
2. base, base camp, center
3. storage
4. (dialect) host: one which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially
5. pool: a supply of resources

   Synonym: kumpulan

Synonyms

• bagan

Derived terms

Compounds

• pangkalan angkatan laut (“naval base”)
• pangkalan data (“database”)
• pangkalan udara (“air base”)

Further reading

• “pangkalan”, 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