English Explanatory Dictionary

bakwan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

bakwan bakwans

Etymology

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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