bidadari

Inherited from Malay bidadari, from Sanskrit विद्याधरी (vidyādharī, “fairy; sprite”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bidaˈdari/ [bi.daˈda.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: bi‧da‧da‧ri

bidadari

1. angel (messenger from a deity)
2. (figurative) beautiful women

• apsari
• malaikat

• “bidadari” 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 Sanskrit विद्याधरी (vidyādharī, “fairy”).

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /bidaˈdari/ [bi.daˈda.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: bi‧da‧da‧ri

bidadari (Jawi spelling بيداداري, plural bidadari-bidadari)

1. goddess (female deity)

   Synonym: dewi

   Coordinate term: bidadara

2. angel (of female)

   Near-synonym: malaikat

3. (Islam) houri
4. (figurative) beautiful woman

• > Indonesian: bidadari (inherited)
• → Tausug: biraddali
• → Ternate: bidadari

• “bidadari” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Classical Malay بيداداري, from Sanskrit विद्याधरी (vidyādharī).

• IPA^(key): [ˌbi.da.ˈda.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -i

bidadari

1. a fairy, nymph

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh