abdi

See also: Abdi and abḑi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay abdi, from Classical Malay عبدي (abdi), from Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd). Doublet of abid.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈabdi/ [ˈap̚.di]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Syllabification: ab‧di

Noun

abdi (plural abdi-abdi or para abdi)

  1. subordinate
    Synonyms: abdu, abdul, anak buah, bawahan, hamba, jongos, kacung, pelayan, pembantu, sahaya
  2. slave or bondman
    Synonyms: budak, hamba, sahaya
  3. civil servant

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

abdi

  1. romanization of ꦲꦧ꧀ꦢꦶ

Latin

Verb

abdī

  1. present passive infinitive of abdō

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ap̚.di]
  • Rhymes: -di, -i
  • Hyphenation: ab‧di

Noun

abdi (Jawi spelling عبدي, plural abdi-abdi)

  1. A slave.
    Synonyms: hamba, sahaya, budak (archaic)

Affixations

Descendants

  • Indonesian: abdi

References

Sundanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd).

Pronoun

abdi (Sundanese script ᮃᮘ᮪ᮓᮤ)

  1. (lemes) I, me
    Coordinate terms: abdi, kuring, urang, aing, kami, kula, kaula, sim kuring

Noun

abdi

  1. slave
  2. servant
  3. subordinate

See also

Sundanese personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person exclusive lemes abdi1,
sim kuring2 		abdi sadayana1, simkuring sadayana2
loma urang1,
kuring2,
kami3, 4 		kuring sareréa
cohag aing aing kabéhan
enclitic -ing † -
1st person inclusive lemes - urang samudayana
loma - arurang,
urang
2nd person lemes anjeun,
hidep5 		aranjeun,
haridep5
loma manéh,
silaing 		maranéh
cohag sia,
dia4 		saria,
sararia
3rd person lemes mantenna6,
anjeunna 		aranjeunna
loma manéhna, inya4,
nyana4,
inyana4 		maranéhna
cohag si éta -
enclitic -na -
reflexive lemes nyalira
loma sorangan,
diri

1 Informal.
2 Formal.
3 Expressing speaker's superiority.
4 Dialectal form.
5 Toward younger.
6 Respectful.

† Obsolete
Notes:
  • The personal pronouns may vary depending on the dialect.
  • The second person pronouns maybe replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
  • The second and third person singular pronouns maybe used plurally.
See each entry for more information.

References

  • “Abdi” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 1.
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