pandan

Malay

/pandan/

noun
Definitions
  • any plant of the genus Pandanus; the screw pines
  • Pandanus amaryllifolius, an aromatic tropical plant
  • food flavour derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pandan inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*paŋudaN

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