benduan

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Constructed as bendu (“friend”) +‎ -an, inherited from Malay banduan (“convict”), from Hindi बँधुआ (bandhuā, “prisoner, captive; slave”), from Sanskrit बन्ध् (bandh, “to take or hold captive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bən.ˈdu.an/ Rhymes: -an, -n Hyphenation: bên‧du‧an === Noun === bênduan (plural benduan-benduan) (obsolete) detainee, internee, prisoner Synonym: tawanan (obsolete) serf, servant Synonym: hamba === Further reading === “benduan”, 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