Where does “bahan” come from?

bahan (Indonesian) comes from Malay bahan, from Classical Malay bahan.

bahan (Indonesian): chip, flake: a small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material

Definitions

  1. chip, flake: a small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material

Ancestry of “bahan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybahan—
2Classical Malaybahan—

Words derived from “bahan”

Every word from Classical Malay bahan →