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Balinese
Romanization
bebek
- Romanization of ᬩᬾᬩᬾᬓ᭄
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Javanese ꦧꦺꦧꦺꦏ꧀ (bèbèk), from Old Javanese bebek, probably onomatopoeic.
Noun
bébèk (plural bebek-bebek)
- duck: an aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
- Synonym: itik
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Minangkabau .
Noun
bèbèk (plural bebek-bebek)
- (dialect) bleat, maa
- Synonym: embik
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbebek/
- Hyphenation: be‧bek
Noun
bebek (plural bebek-bebek, informal 1st possessive bebekku, 2nd possessive bebekmu, 3rd possessive bebeknya)
- duck
- Synonym: itik
Descendants
Old Javanese
Noun
bebek
- duck
Descendants
Further reading
- "bebek" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ببك (bebek).
Cognate with Bashkir бәпәй (bəpəy), Crimean Tatar bebey, Kazakh бөбек (böbek), Tatar бәбәй (bäbäy), Turkmen bäbek, Uyghur بوۋاق (bowaq), etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
bebek (definite accusative bebeği, plural bebekler)
- baby
- kid
- doll
Sekiz yaşımdan beri bebeklerle oynamadım.- I haven't played with dolls since I was eight.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bebek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu