nasi goreng

From Indonesian nasi goreng.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːsi ˈɡɔːɹɛŋ/

nasi goreng (usually uncountable, plural nasi gorengs)

1. An Indonesian rice dish, often cooked with chicken or shellfish and served with strips of omelette

• “nasi goreng”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Unadapted borrowing from Indonesian nasi goreng.

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɑ.si ˈɡoː.rɛŋ/, /ˌnɑ.zi ˈɡoː.rɛŋ/

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nasi goreng m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. nasi goreng, Indonesian-style fried rice

   Synonym: nasi

   • 1975, “Geef Mij Maar Nasi Goreng”, in Wieteke van Dort (lyrics), Joop Stokkermans (music), Geef Mij Maar Nasi Goreng‎^[1], performed by Wieteke van Dort:

     Geef mij maar nasi goreng met een gebakken ei / Wat sambal en wat kroepoek en een goed glas bier erbij

     I'll have fried rice with a fried egg, anytime / Some hot sauce and some prawn crackers and a good glass of beer to go with it

2. fried rice in general

   Synonym: nasi

• bami goreng

• → Papiamentu: nasigóren

• nasgor (acronym)

Inherited from Malay nasi goreng, from nasi (“rice”) +‎ goreng (“fried”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌnasi ˈɡoreŋ/ [ˌna.si ˈɡo.rɛŋ]
• Rhymes: -oreŋ
• Syllabification: na‧si go‧reng

nasi goreng

1. fried rice, nasi goreng

• → English: nasi goreng
• → Dutch: nasi goreng
  • → Papiamentu: nasigóren

• “nasi goreng”, 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

From nasi (“rice”) +‎ goreng (“fried”).

nasi goreng (plural nasi-nasi goreng or nasi² goreng)

1. fried rice, nasi goreng

• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.