bahari

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /baˈhari/ [baˈha.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: ba‧ha‧ri

From Malay bahari, from Classical Malay bahari, from Arabic بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy, “maritime”). For the dialectal sense as used in Kalimantan, it refers to the older lifestyle of seafaring (cognate to Kendayan bahare' (“old-time”)).

bahari

1. nautical: pertaining to the sea

   Synonym: laut

2. (Kalimantan, dialectal) ancient, old-time

   Synonym: kuno

From Malay bahari, from Classical Malay bahari, from Persian بهاری (bahâri, “vernal”), بهار (bahâr, “sping, blossom, a female given name”).

bahari

1. (obsolete) beautiful

   Synonyms: elok, indah

From Malay bahari, from Classical Malay bahari, from Persian [Term?].

bahari

1. (obsolete) to have magic forces; magical

   Synonym: bertuah

• “bahari” 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.

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

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bahari class IX (plural bahari class X)

1. sea, ocean
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], stanza 13:

     هُنُ اُلِمِغُ بَحَرِ تِيْسِ ، اُنَ مَتُبَوِ نَمَغِ مَاسِ،

     Hunu ulimwengu baḥari tesi, una matumbawe na-mangi masi,

     This world is a troubled sea, it has corals and much wickedness;

• Bahari ya Hindi
• Bahari ya Kati
• Bahari ya Shamu
• ukingo wa bahari

• baharia (“sailor”)

• → Malagasy: bahary