ꦧꦧꦢ꧀

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.bat/
• Rhymes: -bat
• Hyphenation: ba‧bad

Etymology 1

Unknown, probably from Old Javanese *babad,

• babad (“to clear”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajbaj, from Proto-Austronesian *bajbaj (“loosen, untie, unwrap; unravel; to clear forest”), *-baj (“unravel, untie”).
• wwat (“to report”, literally “to present, offer”).

Noun

ꦧꦧꦢ꧀ (babad)

1. chronicle, history

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese babad (“to clear”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajbaj, from Proto-Austronesian *bajbaj (“loosen, untie, unwrap; unravel; to clear forest”), *-baj (“unravel, untie”).

Verb

ꦧꦧꦢ꧀ (babad)

1. to clear land

Further reading

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