cempedak

English

Noun

cempedak (usually uncountable, plural cempedaks)

1. Alternative form of chempedak.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay cempedak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəmpəˈdak/ [t͡ʃəm.pəˈdak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: cem‧pe‧dak

Noun

cempedak (plural cempedak-cempedak)

1. chempedak (fruit)

Further reading

• “cempedak”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Cognate of Minangkabau cubadak, Iban temedak and Banjarese tiwadak. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “could be reconstructed as Proto-Malayic or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təmbadak?”)

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəmpəˈdak/ [t͡ʃəm.pəˈdaʔ]
• Rhymes: -əmpədak
• Hyphenation: cem‧pe‧dak

Noun

cempedak (Jawi spelling چمڤدق, plural cempedak-cempedak)

1. chempedak (fruit)

   Synonyms: baroh (Johor-Riau Islands), tibadak (Brunei)

Descendants

• → English: chempedak
• → Dutch: tjampedak
• > Indonesian: cempedak (inherited)
• → Russian: Чемпедак (Čempedak)
• → Tamil: சிமிட்டாய் (cimiṭṭāy)
• → Thai: จำปาดะ (jam-bpaa-dà) (semi-learned)

Further reading

• "cempedak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "cempedak" at PRPM first version)