tudung

Borrowed from Malay tudung.

tudung (plural tudungs)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) headscarf, especially a form of the hijab worn among Muslim women

Inherited from Malay tudung (“veil; hijab; cover”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduŋ (“head cover, protection from sun or rain”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.dʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -dʊŋ
• Hyphenation: tu‧dung

tudung (plural tudung-tudung)

1. cap, cover, shade
2. veil; hijab

• “tudung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• tuds (Internet slang, abbreviation)
• tdg (Internet, text messaging, abbreviation)
• tudong (pronunciation spelling)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduŋ (“head cover, protection from sun or rain”).

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈtuduŋ/ [ˈt̪u.duŋ]
  • Rhymes: -uduŋ

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈtudoŋ/ [ˈt̪u.doŋ]
  • Rhymes: -udoŋ
• Hyphenation: tu‧dung

tudung (Jawi spelling تودوڠ, plural tudung-tudung)

1. veil; hijab

   Synonym: hijab

   Meronym: awning

   Lawanya tudung itu!

   That hijab is so beautiful!

2. any object used to close or cover something (e.g. a container, a bottle, food)

   Synonym: penutup

   Tudung botol

   Bottle lid

tudung (Jawi spelling تودوڠ)

1. to close or cover something (e.g. a container, a bottle, food)

   Synonym: tutup

   Tudung kuih itu sekarang!

   Cover that kuih right now!

• > Indonesian: tudung (inherited)
• → English: tudung

• “tudung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary