baluarti

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese baluwarti (ꦧꦭꦸꦮꦂꦠꦶ, “fort, bulwark”), from Portuguese baluarte, from Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Doublet of bulevar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baluˈart̪i]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧ar‧ti

Noun

baluarti (plural baluarti-baluarti)

1. bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart)

   Synonym: benteng

Further reading

• “baluarti”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

baluarti

1. nonstandard spelling of baluwarti, romanization of ꦧꦭꦸꦮꦂꦠꦶ