beras belanda

Malay

Etymology

Compound of beras (“rice”) +‎ Belanda (“Holland, the Netherlands”), literally "Dutch rice".

Noun

beras belanda (Jawi spelling برس بلندا)

  1. barley.
    Synonym: barli

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “bĕras”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 125-6
  • “beras belanda”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN

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