bacang

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• bakcang

Etymology

From Hokkien 肉粽 (bah-chàng), from 肉 (bah, “meat, flesh; pork”) + 粽 (chàng, “zongzi”). Compare Tagalog machang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbat͡ʃaŋ/ [ˈba.t͡ʃaŋ]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃaŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧cang

Noun

bacang

1. zongzi

Further reading

• “bacang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• bachang

Etymology

Variant of embacang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.t͡ʃaŋ/
• Rhymes: -acaŋ, -caŋ, -aŋ

Noun

bacang (plural bacang-bacang)

1. a type of mango, Mangifera foetida

Further reading

• “bacang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.