sundal
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay sundal, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦼꦭ꧀ (sundel, “prostitute”), from Old Javanese sundĕl (“prostitute”), caṇḍāla (“wicked”), from Sanskrit चाण्डाल (cāṇḍāla, “outcast”). Doublet of cendala and jendala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsʊndal]
- Hyphenation: sun‧dal
Noun
sundal (plural sundal-sundal)
- (offensive, direct) whore, prostitute; harlot
Synonyms
- (female prostitute): see Thesaurus: pelacur
Adjective
sundal (comparative lebih sundal, superlative paling sundal)
Derived terms
- bersundal
- menyundal
- persundalan
Descendants
- → Min Nan: 順丹 / 顺丹 (sūn-tan)
Further reading
- “sundal”, 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