cendol
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Balinese ᬘᬾᬦ᭄ᬤᭀᬮ᭄ (céndol, “rice or sago syrup”) or Javanese ꦕꦺꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦭ꧀ (cèndhol, “protuberant”), from Old Javanese ceṇḍol.
First attested in the Tantri Demung found at Sidemen Karangasem district in Bali, 1728 AD, as ᬘᬾᬦ᭄ᬤᭀᬮ᭄ (céndol).
Noun
cendol (countable and uncountable, plural cendols)
- A traditional Balinese and Javanese sweet made with rice flour or sago noodles and coconut milk
Translations
Bali-Java dessert
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Further reading
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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay cendol (Batavia Malay), from Javanese ꦕꦺꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦭ꧀ (cèndhol, “protuberant”), from Old Javanese ceṇḍol.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛndol/ [ˈt͡ʃen.dɔl]
- Rhymes: -ɛndol
- Syllabification: cen‧dol
Noun
cendol (plural cendol-cendol)
Derived terms
- cendol delima
- cendol durian
- cendol panas
- cendol tobik
Further reading
- “cendol”, 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