badak

English

Etymology

Indonesian badak

Noun

badak (plural badaks)

  1. (Indonesia) A rhinoceros.
    • 1863, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume 31, page 164:
      It is said to resemble […] the Badak or Rhinoceros.
    • 1945, Special Publication of the American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, page 387:
      Early Portuguese and Dutch writers refer to the "badaks" to be found inland, […]
    • 1996, E. M. Beekman, Troubled Pleasures, page 193:
      […] rhino is magic, hence there are very few left. In 1847, no badaks were alive east of Mount Slamat […]

See also

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Malay badak, from Javanese ꦧꦝꦏ꧀ (badhak) (compare Javanese ꦮꦫꦏ꧀ (warak, “rhinoceros”)), from Old Javanese warak (“rhinoceros”) (compare Old Javanese wadak (“wild buffalo”)), probably from Proto-Austroasiatic (compare to Proto-Bahnaric *-rok (“cow, ox”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuk (“ox”))

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbadak/ [ˈba.dak̚]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -adak
  • Syllabification: ba‧dak

Noun

badak (plural badak-badak)

  1. (zoology) rhinoceros (herbivorous pachyderm with one or two horns)

Derived terms

  • badak air (“hippopotamus”)
  • badak babi (“tapir”)
  • badak gajah (“Javan rhinoceros”)
  • badak jawa (“Javan rhinoceros”)
  • badak kerbau (“Sumatran rhinoceros”)
  • badak raya (“Javan rhinoceros”)
  • badak sumatra (“Sumatran rhinoceros”)
  • badak sumbu (“Javan rhinoceros”)
  • badak tampung (“tapir”)

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbadak]

Noun

badak m inan (diminutive badack)

  1. thistle

Declension

Declension of badak
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative badak badaka badake
Genitive badaka badakowu badakow
Dative badakoju badakoma badakam
Accusative badak badaka badake
Instrumental badakom badakoma badakami
Locative badaku badakoma badakach

Synonyms

  • wóset

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “badak”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “badak”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbadak/ [ˈba.daʔ]
  • Rhymes: -adaʔ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧dak

Noun

badak (Jawi spelling بادق, plural badak-badak)

  1. rhinoceros

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: badak (inherited)
  • → Portuguese: abada

Further reading

Maranao

Noun

badak

  1. jackfruit

Remun

Verb

badak

  1. to know

Sundanese

Noun

badak (Hanacaraka spelling ᮘᮓᮊ᮪)

  1. rhinoceros

Tboli

Noun

badak

  1. jackfruit

Tetum

Adjective

badak

  1. short

Tiruray

Noun

badak

  1. jackfruit
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