# banci
## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbant͡ʃi/ [ˈban.t͡ʃi]
* Rhymes: -ant͡ʃi
* Syllabification: ban‧ci

### Etymology 1

From Malay banci, from Javanese ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦶ (banci, “effeminate man; asexual person”), from Old Javanese wañci (“timid, shy; character; deceitful”), from bañcana, wañcana (“deception, deceitful”), from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”). Doublet of bencana.

#### Noun

banci (plural banci-banci)
* (derogatory) waria: a member of Indonesia's traditional transfeminine third gender category
    Synonym: waria
* (derogatory) trans woman
* (derogatory) gay or effeminate man
* (botany) hermaphrodite
    Synonym: hermafrodit

#### Adjective

banci
* (derogatory) sissy, effeminate
* (derogatory) pussy, coward

### Etymology 2

From Malay banci, from Sanskrit वाशी (vāśī, “adze, chisel”), from Tamil வாச்சி (vācci, “adze”).

#### Noun

banci (plural banci-banci)
* (dialectal) a big pickaxe to chip or to hew
* (dialectal) adze, chisel

### Etymology 3

From Malay banci, from Sanskrit पञ्जी (pañjī, “register”). Doublet of panji. Compare with Thai บัญชี (ban-chii), Khmer បញ្ជី (bɑñcii), Javanese wanci (“time”).

#### Noun

banci (plural banci-banci)
* (rare) population census
    Synonym: sensus

### Further reading

* “banci” 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.
* Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
* Morel, Casparus Johannus (1875) “banci”, in Nieuw Laagmaleisch-Nederlandsch woordenbooekje: bevattende de meest in gebruik zijnde woorden en spraakwendingen, ten dienste van hen, die zich op de beoefening van het Laagmaleisch, en der Maleisch-sprekenden, die zich op het Nederlandsch willen toeleggen‎, H. M. van Dorp

## Javanese
### Romanization

banci
* Romanization of ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦶ

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baɲ.t͡ʃi]
* Rhymes: -t͡ʃi, -i
* Hyphenation: ban‧ci

### Etymology 1

There are a number of theories as to where this word originated:
* From Chinese.
* From Sanskrit पञ्जी (pañjī, “almanac; calendar; register”). Compare Thai บัญชี (ban-chii), Khmer បញ្ជី (bɑñcii), Javanese wanci (“time”).

#### Noun

banci (Jawi spelling بنچي)
* (Malaysia, Singapore) A census.

#### Verb

banci (Jawi spelling بنچي, active membanci, 3rd person passive dibanci)
* To count for a census.
* (Perak) To divide equally.

##### Affixations

* bancian
* pembanci
* pembancian

### Etymology 2

* From Javanese banci (ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦶ, “effeminate man; asexual person”), from Old Javanese wañci (“timid, shy; character; deceitful”), bañcana, wañcana (“deception, deceitful”), from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”). Doublet of bencana.
* The sense “hermaphrodite” is a semantic loan from English hermaphrodite.

#### Noun

banci (Jawi spelling بنچي)
* A gay man; a lesbian woman.
    Synonym: pondan
* (archaic, Sulawesi) A bomoh whose clothes are like that of a female's.

#### Adjective

banci (Jawi spelling بنچي)
* (botany) A hermaphrodite.
* (archaic) Suffering from erectile dysfunction.
    Synonyms: mati pucuk, lemah syahwat

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

banci (Jawi spelling بنچي)
* A large axe.

### Citations

* ↑ Hamilton, A. W. (1924). Chinese Loan-Words in Malay. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2(1 (90)), 55. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41559569

### Bibliography

* “banci” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بنجي bantji”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 60-1
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بنچي banchi”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 121
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “banchi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 77

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Old Javanese wañci (“timid, shy; character; deceitful”), bañcana, wañcana (“deception, deceitful”), from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”).

### Noun

banci (ᮘᮔ᮪ᮎᮤ)
* (often derogatory) an effeminate man
    Synonyms: wandu, malawading
    Antonyms: (with regards to gender and behaviour) balakasikang, rodama

### Further reading

* Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij