badan

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Etymology

From Malay badan, from Classical Malay بادن (badan), from Arabic بَدَن (badan). Semantic loan from Dutch lichaam (body) for main section and coherent group senses.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -dan, -an, -n
  • Hyphenation: ba‧dan

Noun

badan (plural badan-badan, first-person possessive badanku, second-person possessive badanmu, third-person possessive badannya)

  1. body,
    1. (anatomy) physical structure of a human or animal.
      Synonyms: awak, bodi, jasmani, raga, tubuh
    2. main part of structure
      Synonyms: awak, bodi
    3. coherent group, a group of people having a common purpose or opinion or an organisation, company or other authoritative group.
      Synonym: lembaga

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَن (badan).

Pronunciation

Noun

badan (Jawi spelling بادن, plural badan-badan, informal 1st possessive badanku, 2nd possessive badanmu, 3rd possessive badannya)

  1. (anatomy) body (physical structure of a human or animal)

Synonyms

Further reading

Maranao

Noun

badan

  1. body
    Synonym: bago

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

badan m pl

  1. plural of bad (place, spot; tuft, bunch; flock, group; thicket, clump (of trees))

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَن (badan).

Noun

badan (plural badanlar)

  1. body, physique

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay badan, from Arabic بَدَن (badan).

Pronunciation

Noun

badan

  1. body

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics