batil

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَتِيل (batīl).

Noun

batil (plural batils)

  1. A type of traditional sailing vessel used in the Arabian Sea.
    • 1877, Charles Rathbone Low, The History of the Indian Navy‎:
      The Batil, a vessel with a long fiddle-headed bow and two masts, which may be distinguished from other craft by the inner part of the stern-post being ornamented with devices cut in the wood.
    • 2020 August 20, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire‎, HarperCollins UK, →ISBN, page 157:
      While baghlas and their smaller equivalents, battils, were used for Arab trade between the west coast of India and the Gulf, European-style ships were also increasingly prevalent in this trade.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batir. Compare Bikol Central bati and Tagalog bati.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧til
  • IPA(key): /baˈtil/

Noun

batíl

  1. eggbeater; egg whisk; whisk

Verb

batíl

  1. to beat; to whip; to whisk
  2. (euphemistic) to masturbate
    Synonyms: jakol, lulo, ul-ol

Quotations

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Derived terms

Anagrams

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish batir.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧tíl
  • IPA(key): /baˈtil/,

Noun

batíl

  1. beat; whisk

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay batil, from Classical Malay batil, from Tamil வட்டில் (vaṭṭil, “cup”).

Noun

batil (plural)

  1. (obsolete) container, vessel
    Synonym: wadah

Compounds

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay batil, from Classical Malay batil, from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil).

Adjective

batil

  1. (archaic) null, invalid.
    Synonyms: batal, sia-sia
  2. (archaic) false: not true, not right.
    Antonym: hak

Noun

batil (plural)

  1. (Islam) falsehood, wrong, injustice.
    Synonyms: kesalahan, kejahatan, kemungkaran

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