batara

See also: batara', batará, batarà, and Batara

Balinese

Etymology

From Old Javanese bhaṭāra (a great lord), from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, revered, worshipful).

Noun

batara (Balinese script ᬪᬝᬭ)

  1. god

Coastal Konjo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batad (millet, sorghum), compare Tetum batar (maize).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbataɾa]

Noun

batara

  1. maize

Further reading

French

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Noun

batara m (plural bataras)

  1. antshrike

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay batara, betara, from Classical Malay batara, betala, betara, from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, revered, worshipful). Doublet of berhala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ta.ra/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧ra

Noun

batara

  1. (archaic) deva
  2. (obsolete) king

Alternative forms

Further reading

Lindu

Noun

batara

  1. body
  2. [[corpse

Makasar

Etymology

From Old Javanese bhaṭāra (a great lord), from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, revered, worshipful).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈtara/, [ɓa.ˈt̪ʰa.ra]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧ra

Noun

batara (Lontara spelling ᨅᨈᨑ)

  1. deity (term from before Islamization).
  2. title of one of the monarchs of Gowa and designation of the oldest princes of Parigi.
  3. (poetic) god (in the Abrahamic sense)
    Synonym: karaeng
    Batara ttudang ri langiʼ, anjo namanngasseng-kamma, mappasiamaʼ, anaʼ tinang silaʼbakki
    O God, who sitteth in heaven, how dost Thou know how to bring together people who have never been together before?
    o, Batara, palappasaʼ-laloaʼ ri susaku
    oh God, deliver me from my misery

Derived terms

  • maʼbatara

Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek[1], Brill, →DOI

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese bhaṭāra (a great lord), from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, revered, worshipful). Doublet of brahala.

Noun

batara or ᮘᮒᮛ (batara)

  1. God (in the Abrahamic sense)
    Synonyms: gusti, pangéran
  2. god (in the non-Abrahamic sense, e.g. Hinduism or Sunda Wiwitan)
    Batara WisnuVishnu
    Batara Tunggal – Batara Tunggal ("a deity in Sunda Wiwitan mythology")
  3. title for a monarch

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