abdi

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See also: Abdi and abḑi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay abdi, from Classical Malay عبدي (abdi), from Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd). Doublet of abid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.di/,
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  • Hyphenation: ab‧di

Noun

abdi (plural abdi-abdi, first-person possessive abdiku, second-person possessive abdimu, third-person possessive abdinya)

  1. subordinate
    Synonyms: abdu, abdul, anak buah, bawahan, hamba, jongos, kacung, pelayan, pembantu, sahaya
  2. slave or bondman
    Synonyms: budak, hamba, sahaya
  3. civil servant

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

abdi

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦧ꧀ꦢꦶ

Latin

Verb

abdī

  1. present passive infinitive of abdō

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd).

Pronunciation

Noun

abdi (Jawi spelling عبدي)

  1. A slave.
    Synonyms: hamba, sahaya, budak (archaic)

Affixations

Descendants

  • Indonesian: abdi

References

Sundanese

Romanization

abdi

  1. Romanization of ᮃᮘ᮪ᮓᮤ