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bakwan

bakwan noun: a kind of fritter from vegetables and wheat flour.

Noun

bakwan (plural bakwans)

  1. A kind of fritter from vegetables and wheat flour.

Forms of bakwan

pluralbakwans

Origin of bakwan

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

Questions about bakwan

What does bakwan mean?
Bakwan means a kind of fritter from vegetables and wheat flour.
What part of speech is bakwan?
Bakwan is a noun.
What is the plural of bakwan?
The plural of bakwan is bakwans.

Words near bakwan in the dictionary

  1. bakupari
  2. bakuparis
  3. Bakur
  4. Bakuvian
  5. Bakuvians
  6. bakwan
  7. bakwan kepiting
  8. bakwans
  9. bakwit
  10. bakwits
  11. Bakʷəmk̓ala

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