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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay abdi, from Classical Malay عبدي (abdi), from Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd). Doublet of abid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.di/,
- Hyphenation: ab‧di
Noun
abdi (plural abdi-abdi, first-person possessive abdiku, second-person possessive abdimu, third-person possessive abdinya)
- subordinate
- Synonyms: abdu, abdul, anak buah, bawahan, hamba, jongos, kacung, pelayan, pembantu, sahaya
- slave or bondman
- Synonyms: budak, hamba, sahaya
- civil servant
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
abdi
- Romanization of ꦲꦧ꧀ꦢꦶ
Latin
Verb
abdī
- present passive infinitive of abdō
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd).
Pronunciation
Noun
abdi (Jawi spelling عبدي)
- A slave.
- Synonyms: hamba, sahaya, budak (archaic)
Affixations
Descendants
References
Sundanese
Romanization
abdi
- Romanization of ᮃᮘ᮪ᮓᮤ