pondok

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noun

A crudely-built hut in parts of Asia.

OriginMalay pondok ← Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq) ← Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon) →
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Meanings

nounpondok (plural pondoks)

plural pondoks

  1. A crudely-built hut in parts of Asia.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
  4. Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  6. Ancient Greekδοκ- (dok-)
  7. Ancient Greekπανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon)
  8. Arabicفُنْدُق (funduq)
  9. Malaypondok
  10. Englishpondok

Borrowed from Malay pondok, borrowed from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq), borrowed from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all, every”) + δοκ- (dok-, o-grade of the stem of δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”)) + -εῖον (-eîon).

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APA

pondok. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pondok

MLA

“pondok.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pondok. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pondok,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pondok.

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