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bakwan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bak-wan
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of fritter from vegetables and wheat flour.

Etymology

From Indonesian bakwan, from Hokkien 肉圓 /肉圆 (bah-oân, “meatball”) or 肉丸 (bah-oân, “meatball”). Doublet of ba-wan.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: bakwan, 肉圓

Inflected Forms

bakwans (plural)

Phrases

bakwan kepiting

Frequently Paired Words

bakwan kepiting

Questions

What does bakwan mean?
A kind of fritter from vegetables and wheat flour.
Where does bakwan come from?
From Indonesian bakwan, from Hokkien 肉圓 /肉圆 (bah-oân, “meatball”) or 肉丸 (bah-oân, “meatball”). Doublet of ba-wan.

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