batara

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See also: batara', batará, batarà, and Batara

Balinese

Romanization

batara

  1. Romanization of ᬪᬝᬭ

Coastal Konjo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batad (“millet, sorghum”), compare Tetum batar (“maize”).

Pronunciation

Noun

batara

  1. maize

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French

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Noun

batara m (plural bataras)

  1. antshrike

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay batara, betara, from Classical Malay batara, betala, betara, from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered, worshipful”). Doublet of berhala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ta.ra/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧ra

Noun

batara

  1. (archaic) deva
  2. (obsolete) king

Alternative forms

Further reading

Lindu

Noun

batara

  1. body
  2. [[corpse

Makasar

Etymology

From Old Javanese bhaṭāra (“a great lord”), from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered, worshipful”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈtara/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧ra

Noun

batara (Lontara spelling ᨅᨈᨑ)

  1. deity (term from before Islamization).
  2. title of one of the monarchs of Gowa and designation of the oldest princes of Parigi.
  3. (poetic) god (in the Abrahamic sense)
    Batara ttudang ri langiʼ, anjo namanngasseng-kamma, mappasiamaʼ, anaʼ tinang silaʼbakki
    O God, who sitteth in heaven, how dost Thou know how to bring together people who have never been together before?
    o, Batara, palappasaʼ-laloaʼ ri susaku
    oh God, deliver me from my misery
    Synonym: karaeng

Derived terms

Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎, Brill, →DOI

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese bhaṭāra (“a great lord”), from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered, worshipful”). Doublet of brahala.

Noun

batara or ᮘᮒᮛ (batara)

  1. God (in the Abrahamic sense)
    Synonyms: gusti, pangéran
  2. god (in the non-Abrahamic sense, e.g. Hinduism or Sunda Wiwitan)
    Batara Wisnu – Vishnu
    Batara Tunggal – Batara Tunggal ("a deity in Sunda Wiwitan mythology")
  3. title for a monarch

Further reading

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