batara
Balinese
Etymology
From Old Javanese bhaṭāra (“a great lord”), from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered, worshipful”).
Noun
batara (Balinese script ᬪᬝᬭ)
Coastal Konjo
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batad (“millet, sorghum”), compare Tetum batar (“maize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbataɾa]
Noun
batara
Further reading
- Coastal Konjo Dictionary - batara, SIL International, 2013-2021.
French
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Noun
batara m (plural bataras)
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
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “batara” 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.
Lindu
Noun
batara
- body
- [[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)
- deity (term from before Islamization).
- title of one of the monarchs of Gowa and designation of the oldest princes of Parigi.
- (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,
Sundanese
Etymology
From Old Javanese bhaṭāra (“a great lord”), from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered, worshipful”). Doublet of brahala.
Noun
batara or ᮘᮒᮛ (batara)
- God (in the Abrahamic sense)
- god (in the non-Abrahamic sense, e.g. Hinduism or Sunda Wiwitan)
- Batara Wisnu – Vishnu
- Batara Tunggal – Batara Tunggal ("a deity in Sunda Wiwitan mythology")
- title for a monarch
Further reading
- Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij