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essential oil

Malay translation: minyak pati


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English term or phrase:essential oil
Malay translation:minyak pati
Entered by: malaybuddy
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15:03 Dec 27, 2006
English to Malay translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
English term or phrase: essential oil
Aromatherapy is the ancient art and science of balancing the emotions, healing the body and lifting the spirit through the fragrant plant essences known as Essential Oils.
Essential oils are the subtle, aromatic and volatile liquids extracted from the flowers, seeds, leaves, stems, bark and roots of herbs, bushes, shrubs and trees through distillation.
malaybuddy
Local time: 23:40
minyak pati
Explanation:
Dewan Eja sometimes throws a spanner in the works by giving you something different from the other sources, and happily calling the other terms "istilah lama". This is one instance.
Among the "istilah lama" is minyak perlu, minyak esen, minyak atsiri, minyak esential.
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Bashir Basalamah
Singapore
Local time: 23:40
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2minyak pati
Bashir Basalamah
5minyak perlu
yam2u
3minyak nabati
Hikmat Gumilar


  

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minyak pati


Explanation:
Dewan Eja sometimes throws a spanner in the works by giving you something different from the other sources, and happily calling the other terms "istilah lama". This is one instance.
Among the "istilah lama" is minyak perlu, minyak esen, minyak atsiri, minyak esential.

Bashir Basalamah
Singapore
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay
PRO pts in category: 3
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  yam2u: exactly! on top of that some of the istilahs (baik baru a.tau lama), imo, do not really reflect the important property of essential or volatile oil (which is rapid evaporation and leaving no stain)
34 mins

agree  Abd Latiff Bidin: If one is going just for the equivalent, "minyak pati" is the established/accepted one.
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minyak perlu


Explanation:
ref: glosari kimia dbp / karyanet

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-12-27 20:48:19 GMT)
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new term per karyanet [which i couldn't access earlier] is: minyak pati

yam2u
Local time: 10:40
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay, Native in EnglishEnglish
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
minyak nabati


Explanation:
or minyak tumbuh-tumbuhan (indo)

Hikmat Gumilar
Indonesia
Local time: 22:40
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian, Native in SundaneseSundanese
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