gudang

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay gudang, from Tamil கிடங்கு (kiṭaṅku, “store room”), from Proto-Dravidian [Term?]. Cognate of Kannada ಗದಙ್ಗು (gadaṅgu), Malayalam കിടങ്‌ങു (kiṭaṅ‌ṅu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡudaŋ/ [ˈɡu.daŋ]

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• Rhymes: -udaŋ
• Syllabification: gu‧dang

Noun

gudang (plural gudang-gudang)

1. warehouse (a place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer)

   Synonyms: depot, magasin, parkus

Hypernyms

• bangsal
• rumah

Malay

Etymology

• Borrowed from Tamil கிடங்கு (kiṭaṅku, “store room”).
• Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦸꦝꦁ (gudhang)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡudaŋ/ [ˈɡu.daŋ]

Noun

gudang (Jawi spelling ݢودڠ, plural gudang-gudang, informal 1st possessive gudangku, 2nd possessive gudangmu, 3rd possessive gudangnya)

1. warehouse

Descendants

• Indonesian: gudang
• → Chinese:

  Min Nan: 牛壟／牛垄 (gû-lóng)^[1]

• → English: godown

  → Burmese: ဂိုဒေါင် (guidaung)

• → Macanese: gudám

• → Pashto: ګودام (godãm)
• → Portuguese: gudão

  → Bengali: গুদাম (gudam)

• → Thai: โกดัง (goo-dang), กุดัง (gù-dang)

  → Lao: ກຸດັງ (ku dang), ໂກດັງ (kō dang)

• → Tausug: guddang

References

1. Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges . In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Further reading

• “gudang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.