terang bulan

Indonesian

terang bulan

Etymology

terang (“bright”) +‎ bulan (“moon”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [təˈraŋ ˈbulan]

Noun

terang bulan (first-person possessive terang bulanku, second-person possessive terang bulanmu, third-person possessive terang bulannya)

1. (Central Java, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Eastern Indonesia) apam balik: a common dessert of folded stuffed pancake with varied textures from one that is akin to a crispier form of crumpets to small thin light pancake shells that break when bitten.

Synonyms

• apam pinang (West Kalimantan)
• hok lo pan (Bangka Belitung and Batam)
• martabak (Jakarta)
• martabak bandung (Jakarta)
• martabak bangka (Jakarta)
• martabak manis (Southern Sumatra, Banten, West Java, Jakarta and Yogyakarta)
• kue bandung (Semarang)

Further reading

• “terang bulan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.