bagian

Likely borrowed from Malay bagian (“fate”).

• IPA^(key): /baɡiˈ(j)an/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: ba‧gi‧an

bagian

1. destiny; fate
   • 2018, Taslim Ibrahim, “Li Bagian [Because of Fate]”, performed by Diki Susanto:

     Anak umang, jangan ndak nangis / Sangkan tetibe li bagian

     My dear, don't you cry / For things happen because of fate

• Sutiono Mahdi (2014) “bagian”, in Kamus bahasa Besemah–Indonesia–Inggris [Besemah–Indonesian–English dictionary] (in Central Malay), Jatinangor: Unpad Press, page 32

• bahagian

From Malay bagian, a variant of the standard bahagian. Equivalent to bagi +‎ -an.

• The sense “duty” is a semantic loan from English part.
• The sense “subdivision” is a semantic loan from Dutch sectie.
• The sense “fate” is a semantic loan from Arabic نَصِيب (naṣīb, “destiny”, literally “portion”).

The superseded spelling bahagian was used as translation of Japanese 部(ぶ) (bu, “department”) during the Japanese occupation.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /baˈɡian/ [baˈɡi.an]

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• Syllabification: ba‧gi‧an

bagian (plural bagian-bagian)

1. portion; component; part: that which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything;
   1. piece: a part of a larger whole
   2. a fraction of a whole

      Synonym: fraksi

   3. a distinct element of something larger
   4. share: especially of a profit
   5. allotment: Something allotted; a portion granted or distributed
   6. ration: a portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group
   7. subdivision; section
2. duty; responsibility
   1. position or role
   2. (music) the melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece
3. volume: a part (book) of a publication issued in multi-book format
4. (chiefly obsolete) fate
5. department

   Synonym: departemen

• (ration): jatah
• (duty): peran
• (volume): jilid
• (fate): nasib
• (subdivision): seksi

• “bagian” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.