abidy

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Malagasy

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abidʲ/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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From the first three letters of the Malagasy alphabet, A, B and D.

Noun

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abidý

  1. alphabet

Etymology 2

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Noun

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abidy

  1. (dialectal, Betsimisaraka) old woman

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Arabic?”)

Noun

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abidy

  1. (dialectal, Betsileo) slave

Etymology 4

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Noun

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abidy

  1. (dialectal, Tankarana) a species of waterbird

Further reading

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  • abidy in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
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