ꦏꦼꦧꦪꦏ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kebaya, from Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʔ, “tunic, gown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.ba.jak/
• Rhymes: -jak
• Hyphenation: ke‧ba‧yak

Noun

ꦏꦼꦧꦪꦏ꧀ (kebayak)

1. kebaya: a traditional blouse worn by women in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kebayak”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN