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Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik (“tattoo”), from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik. Compound of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ (amba, “broad, wide”) + ꦠꦶꦠꦶꦏ꧀ (titik, “dot, sign, mark”) considered as folk etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik) (ngoko)
- batik (a texture-picture drawing on a textile material by using wax)
- batik (clothing with bathik texture)
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References
- "bathik" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974
- "bathik" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “batik”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN