budaya

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay budaya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈdaja/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧da‧ya

Noun

budaya

  1. (obsolete) culture
    Synonym: kultura

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay budaya, from Sanskrit बुद्धयः (buddhayaḥ), plural of बुद्धि (buddhi).

Pronunciation

Noun

budaya (plural budaya-budaya)

  1. intellectual capacity (the faculty of reasoning and understanding)
    Synonym: akal budi
  2. culture (the arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation)
    Synonym: adat istiadat
  3. (colloquial) tendency, habit, norm (a pervasively engrained practice, especially one that is hard to give up)
    Synonyms: kelaziman, kebiasaan

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Javanese

Romanization

budaya

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦢꦪ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit बुद्धयः (buddhayaḥ), plural of बुद्धि (buddhi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.da.ja/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧da‧ya
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

budaya (Jawi spelling بودايا, plural budaya-budaya, informal 1st possessive budayaku, 2nd possessive budayamu, 3rd possessive budayanya)

  1. intellectual capacity (the faculty of reasoning and understanding)
    Synonym: akal budi
  2. culture (the arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation)
    Synonym: adat istiadat
  3. (colloquial) tendency, habit, norm (a pervasively engrained practice, especially one that is hard to give up)
    Synonyms: kelaziman, kebiasaan

Further reading