bacang

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hokkien 肉粽 (bah-chàng), from (bah, “meat, flesh; pork”) + (chàng, “zongzi”). Compare Tagalog machang.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbat͡ʃaŋ/ [ˈba.t͡ʃaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -at͡ʃaŋ
  • Syllabification: ba‧cang

Noun

bacang (plural bacang-bacang)

  1. (cooking) zongzi

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

  • bachang

Etymology

Variant of embacang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.t͡ʃaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -acaŋ, -caŋ, -aŋ

Noun

bacang (plural bacang-bacang or bacang2)

  1. a type of mango, Mangifera foetida

Further reading

  • "bacang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.