bintang berekor

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay bintang berekor, probably reinforced by calque of Dutch staartster (literally “tail star”). === Noun === bintang berekor (plural bintang-bintang berekor) (colloquial) comet Synonym: komet === Further reading === “bintang berekor”, 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 === Compound of bintang (“star”) +‎ berekor (“tailed”). Compare with Tamil வால்வெள்ளி (vālveḷḷi), Arabic مُذَنَّب (muḏannab) and Thai ดาวหาง (daao-hǎang). === Noun === bintang berekor (plural bintang-bintang berekor or bintang2 berekor) comet Synonym: komet === References === Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “بنتڠ bintang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 103 Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “بنتڠ bintang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 118 Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “bintang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 143 === Further reading === "bintang berekor" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017