bidang

Borrowed from Malay bidang. Doublet of widang.

• IPA^(key): /bi.daŋ/

bidang (Balinese script ᬩᬶᬤᬂ)

1. sheet
2. field, such as paddy field.
3. money, specifically coin

• “bidang” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Inherited from Malay bidang.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbidaŋ/ [ˈbi.daŋ]
• Rhymes: -idaŋ
• Syllabification: bi‧dang

bidang (plural bidang-bidang)

1. field, as in a field of work, an academic field
2. plane (a level or flat surface)
3. (geometry) plane (a flat surface extending infinitely in all directions)
4. (anatomy) plane (an imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions)

bidang (comparative lebih bidang, superlative paling bidang)

1. (rare or obsolete) broad, wide

   Synonym: lebar

bidang

1. Classifier for broad objects like field or paddy field.

• penampang (“plane”)
• satah (“plane”) (Kuala Lumpur Standard Malay)

• “bidang” 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.

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• IPA^(key): /bidaŋ/
• Rhymes: -idaŋ

bidang (Jawi spelling بيدڠ, plural bidang-bidang)

1. field (of study or activity)
2. breadth; width

bidang (singular sebidang)

1. Classifier for wide and flat objects like land or mats

• Indonesian: bidang
• → Acehnese: bideuëng
• → Balinese: ᬩᬶᬤᬂ (bidang)
• → Iban: bidang
• → Javanese: ꦧꦶꦝꦁ (bidhang)
• → Malagasy: vitrana
• → Ngaju: bidang
• → Old Javanese: wiḍaṅ (“broad”)
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬶᬤᬂ (widang)
• → Toba Batak: bidang

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