badak

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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)

  1. (zoology) rhinoceros
    Synonym: warak

Derived terms

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

badak m inan (diminutive badack)

  1. 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)

  1. rhinoceros

Descendants

  • Indonesian: badak
  • Portuguese: abada

Further reading

Maranao

Noun

badak

  1. jackfruit

Remun

Verb

badak

  1. to know

Sundanese

Romanization

badak

  1. Romanization of ᮘᮓᮊ᮪

Tboli

Noun

badak

  1. jackfruit

Tetum

Adjective

badak

  1. short

Tiruray

Noun

badak

  1. jackfruit