pondok

English

Etymology

From Malay pondok, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon).

Noun

pondok (plural pondoks)

1. A crudely-built hut in parts of Asia.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pondok, from Classical Malay pondok, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon). The sense “hut” is a semantic loan from Betawi pondok. The sense “Islamic school” is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (pondhok).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpondoʔ/ [ˈpon.doʔ]
• Rhymes: -ondoʔ
• Syllabification: pon‧dok

Noun

pondok (plural pondok-pondok, first-person possessive pondokku, second-person possessive pondokmu, third-person possessive pondoknya)

1. bungalow; cottage; lodge: a building for short-term stay.
2. (Jakarta) cabin, shed, hut, hovel
3. home: one's humble abode.

   Synonym: rumah

4. (Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren.: an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an, similar to other Islamic educational institutions, such as madrasah and maktab.

Usage notes

• The sense of "house" is informal usage in Standard Malay and labelled as Jakarta in Kamus Dewan.
• The sense of "maktab" is informal usage in Standard Malay and labelled as Jawa in Kamus Dewan.

Derived terms

Terms derived from pondok

• memondok
• memondokkan
• pemondokan
• pondokan

• pondok pesantren
• pondok wisata

 

Descendants

• → Hokkien: 盆洛 (phûn-lo̍k)

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon).

• (Islamic boarding school): Semantic loan from Javanese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pon.doʔ]
• Rhymes: -dok, -ok
• Hyphenation: pon‧dok

Noun

pondok (Jawi spelling ڤوندوق)

1. A building for short-term stay; bungalow; cottage; lodge.

   Synonyms: teratak, gubuk, dangau

2. One's humble abode; home.

   Synonym: rumah

3. (Jakarta) Cabin, shed, hut, hovel.
4. (Islam) An Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an, similar to other Islamic educational institutions, such as madrasah and maktab.

Affixations

• memondok (“to stay over”)
• pemondokan
• pondokan
• pondokkan (“to let someone stay over”)

 

Compounds

• pondok telefon (“telephone booth”)

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: pondok
• → English: pondok

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Romanization

pondok

1. Romanization of ᮕᮧᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪