Tembekar

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Definition

Variant of Tembikar; pottery or earthenware made from baked clay.

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Etymology

A dialectal variant of 'tembikar'. The word is rooted in Old Javanese 'tumbikar', referring to earthenware or pottery. The vowel shift from 'u' to 'e' reflects phonological adaptation within coastal Malay dialects.

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