banyak
English
Noun
banyak (plural banyaks)
- Alternative form of baniak.
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay banyak, from Classical Malay باڽق, from Old Malay vañak. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription as "vañakña" (current form banyaknya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbaɲaʔ/ [ˈba.ɲaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aɲaʔ
- Syllabification: ba‧nyak
Adverb
banyak
- many
- a lot
- Terima kasih banyak. ― Thank you very much.
Derived terms
- berbanyak
- kebanyakan
- membanyak
- membanyaki
- membanyakkan
- memperbanyak
- memperbanyakkan
- perbanyakan
- sebanyak
- sebanyak-banyaknya
- terbanyak
Further reading
- “banyak” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
banyak
- romanization of ꦧꦚꦏ꧀
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Classical Malay [Term?].
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (vañak), found in the form vañakña (current form banyaknya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaɲak/ [ˈba.ɲaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Hyphenation: ba‧nyak
Adverb
banyak (Jawi spelling باڽق)
- many, much, a lot
- very, excessively
Descendants
See also
Noun
banyak (Jawi spelling باڽق, plural banyak-banyak)
Further reading
- “banyak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.