Where does “pasar malam” come from?
pasar malam (Malay) comes from Malay pasar, from Tamil பசார், from Classical Persian بازار, from Middle Persian wʾčʾl, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
pasar malam (Malay): night market
Definitions
- night market
Ancestry of “pasar malam”, step by step
pasar malam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.