abidy

Malagasy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abidʲ/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From the first three letters of the Malagasy alphabet, A, B and D.

Noun

abidý

  1. alphabet

Etymology 2

Noun

abidy

  1. (dialectal, Betsimisaraka) old woman

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Arabic?”)

Noun

abidy

  1. (dialectal, Betsileo) slave

Etymology 4

Noun

abidy

  1. (dialectal, Tankarana) a species of waterbird

Further reading

  • abidy in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
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