baju

From Malay baju.

baju (plural bajus)

1. A traditional Malay jacket worn with a sarong.

• badjoe, badjoo, badju, bajoo (all archaic or dated)

Cognate with Garo baju. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

baju

1. friend

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

baju

1. Romanization of ᬩᬚᬸ

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baju

1. friend

Borrowed from Malay baju, Borrowed from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”).

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ju

baju

1. top (clothing that covers upper body)

• bajoe (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

From Malay baju, from Classical Malay باجو (baju), from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 (b-a-z-u /⁠bāzu⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Doublet of bahu.

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ju

baju

1. top (clothing that covers upper body)

• pakaian, busana, sandangan

• kemeja (“collared shirt”)

• celana (“pants, trousers”)

• “baju” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

baju

1. Romanization of ꦧꦗꦸ

baju

1. clothing

From Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”).

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• IPA^(key): /bad͡ʒu/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒu, -d͡ʒu, -u

baju (Jawi spelling باجو, plural baju-baju, informal 1st possessive bajuku, 2nd possessive bajumu, 3rd possessive bajunya)

1. shirt (article of clothing)

• baju hujan

• Indonesian: baju
• Peranakan Indonesian: bajoe
• → Balinese: ᬩᬚᬸ (baju)
• → Dutch: baadje
  • Afrikaans: baadjie
    • → Shona: bhachi
    • → Xhosa: ibhatyi
    • → Zulu: ibhantshi
  • → Papiamentu: bachi
• → English: baju
• → Ilocano: bado
• → Javanese: ꦧꦗꦸ (baju)
• → Minangkabau: baju
• → Pattani Malay: باجو / บายฺู (baju)
• → Remontado Agta: badu
• → Sundanese: ᮘᮏᮥ (baju)
• → Tagalog: baro
• → Urak Lawoi': บายฺู (baju)

• “baju” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ju/
• Rhymes: -aju
• Syllabification: ba‧ju

baju m

1. locative/vocative singular of baj

baju (Cyrillic spelling бају)

1. third-person plural present of bajati

From Malay baju, from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū).

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baju

1. a shirt

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Malay baju, possibly through Ternate baju.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.d͡ʒu/

baju

1. a dress
2. a shirt

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

baju

1. child

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind