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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay badak, from Javanese ꦧꦝꦏ꧀ (badhak) (compare Javanese ꦮꦫꦏ꧀ (warak, “rhinoceros”)), from Old Javanese warak (“rhinoceros”) (compare Old Javanese wadak (“wild buffalo”)), probably from Proto-Austroasiatic (compare to Proto-Bahnaric *-rok (“cow, ox”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuk (“ox”)). Doublet of warak.
Pronunciation
Noun
badak (first-person possessive badakku, second-person possessive badakmu, third-person possessive badaknya)
- (zoology) rhinoceros
- Synonym: warak
Derived terms
Further reading
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
badak m inan (diminutive badack)
- thistle
Declension
Synonyms
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “badak”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “badak”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
badak (Jawi spelling بادق, plural badak-badak, informal 1st possessive badakku, 2nd possessive badakmu, 3rd possessive badaknya)
- rhinoceros
Descendants
Further reading
Maranao
Noun
badak
- jackfruit
Remun
Verb
badak
- to know
Sundanese
Romanization
badak
- Romanization of ᮘᮓᮊ᮪
Tboli
Noun
badak
- jackfruit
Tetum
Adjective
badak
- short
Tiruray
Noun
badak
- jackfruit