adat

See also: ADAT, adāt, and -ádat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay adat, from Persian عادة‎, from Arabic عَادَة‎ (ʿāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ‎ (ʿawda, “to appertain, to be proper”).

Noun

adat (countable and uncountable, plural adats)

1. Traditional custom or law, in Islamic parts of Southeast Asia. [from 18th c.]
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 254:

     [T]he early-nineteenth-century Padri movement […] was an accelerated programme of religious renewal in West Sumatra, an attempt to cleanse Islam of adat or local customary law and practices.

Anagrams

• TADA, a tad, data, ta-da, tada

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Ambonese Malay

Lemma

adat

1. rule
2. custom, habit

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay adat, from Arabic عَادَة‎ (ʿāda, “habit, custom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.dɑt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: adat

Noun

adat f or m (plural adats)

1. (countable) a Malay or Indonesian legal tradition
2. (uncountable) adat, traditional Malay law

   Synonym: adatrecht

Derived terms

• adatrecht

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒdɒt]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: adat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

From ad (“to give”) +‎ -at (resultative noun-forming suffix). Compare the derivation of Latin datum (“that which is given”).

Noun

adat (plural adatok)

1. data

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	adat	adatok
accusative	adatot	adatokat
dative	adatnak	adatoknak
instrumental	adattal	adatokkal
causal-final	adatért	adatokért
translative	adattá	adatokká
terminative	adatig	adatokig
essive-formal	adatként	adatokként
essive-modal	adatul	—
inessive	adatban	adatokban
superessive	adaton	adatokon
adessive	adatnál	adatoknál
illative	adatba	adatokba
sublative	adatra	adatokra
allative	adathoz	adatokhoz
elative	adatból	adatokból
delative	adatról	adatokról
ablative	adattól	adatoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	adaté	adatoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	adatéi	adatokéi

Possessive forms of adat
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	adatom	adataim
2nd person sing.	adatod	adataid
3rd person sing.	adata	adatai
1st person plural	adatunk	adataink
2nd person plural	adatotok	adataitok
3rd person plural	adatuk	adataik

Derived terms

• adatol
• adatú

 

Compound words

• adatállomány
• adatbank
• adatbázis
• adatfeldolgozás
• adathalászat
• adathordozó
• adatlap
• adatmennyiség
• adatmentés
• adattárház
• adattárolás
• adattípus
• adattudós
• adatvesztés
• adatvédelem

Etymology 2

ad (“to give”) +‎ -at (causative suffix)

Verb

adat

2. (transitive) causative of ad: to have someone give or to have something given

Conjugation

conjugation of adat

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	adatok	adatsz	adat	adatunk	adattok	adatnak
		Def.	adatom	adatod	adatja	adatjuk	adatjátok	adatják
		2nd-p. o.	adatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	adattam	adattál	adatott	adattunk	adattatok	adattak
		Def.	adattam	adattad	adatta	adattuk	adattátok	adatták
		2nd-p. o.	adattalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	adatnék	adatnál	adatna	adatnánk	adatnátok	adatnának
		Def.	adatnám	adatnád	adatná	adatnánk (or adatnók)	adatnátok	adatnák
		2nd-p. o.	adatnálak	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	adassak	adass or adassál	adasson	adassunk	adassatok	adassanak
		Def.	adassam	adasd or adassad	adassa	adassuk	adassátok	adassák
		2nd-p. o.	adassalak	―
Infinitive	adatni		adatnom	adatnod	adatnia	adatnunk	adatnotok	adatniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			adatás	adató	adatott	adatandó	adatva	adathat

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• átadat
• beadat
• eladat
• előadat
• feladat
• kiadat
• leadat
• megadat
• ráadat
• visszaadat

Further reading

• (noun, “data”): adat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (verb, causative of “to give”): adat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Iban

Etymology

From Malay adat, from Arabic عَادَة‎ (ʿāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ‎ (ʿawda, “to appurtain, to be proper”).

Noun

adat

1. custom (Frequent repetition of the same act)

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dat/

Etymology 1

From Malay adat, from Classical Malay عادة‎ (adat), from Persian عادت‎ ('âdat), from Arabic عَادَة‎ (ʿāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ‎ (ʿawda, “to appurtain, to be proper”).

Noun

adat (first-person possessive adatku, second-person possessive adatmu, third-person possessive adatnya)

1. tradition

   menurut adat daerah ini

   according to the tradition of this region

2. custom, habit

   dia memiliki adat yang buruk

   he has a bad habit

3. law, rule

Synonyms

• (tradition): tradisi
• (custom, habit): kebiasaan
• (law, rule): peraturan, aturan

Derived terms

• beradat
• mengadatkan
• teradat

 

• adat bilokal
• adat huma
• adat istiadat
• adat kemenakan
• adat matrilineal
• adat matrilokal
• adat neolokal
• adat patrilokal
• adat pemaduan
• adat pemali
• adat pembakaran jenazah
• adat pembiaran jenazah
• adat pembuang

 

Etymology 2

From Betawi adat or Javanese ꦔꦢꦠ꧀ (ngadat, “troublesome”, literally “habit”), cf. the same etymology as above.

Verb

adat (used in the form mengadat or ngadat)

1. (of vehicles, chiefly Jakarta) to stop to work, to have mechanical failure
2. (Betawi) to sulk, to cry

Derived terms

• mengadat

References

• “adat” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Romanization

adat

1. Romanization of ꦲꦢꦠ꧀.

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Kalasha

Noun

adat

1. habit, custom, character

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Malay

Etymology

From Classical Malay عادة‎ (adat), from Persian عادت‎ ('âdat), from Arabic عَادَة‎ (ʿāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ‎ (ʿawda, “to appurtain, to be proper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adat/
• Rhymes: -adat, -dat, -at

Noun

adat (Jawi spelling عادت‎, plural adat-adat, informal 1st possessive adatku, 2nd possessive adatmu, 3rd possessive adatnya)

1. custom (Frequent repetition of the same act)

Descendants

• Indonesian: adat
• → English: adat
• → Dutch: adat
• → Iban: adat

Further reading

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

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Sundanese

Romanization

adat

1. Romanization of ᮃᮓᮒ᮪.

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Ternate

Etymology

From the older adati, with word-final vowel deletion. Likely reinforced by Indonesian adat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈdat/

Noun

adat

1. Alternative form of adati

References

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

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Turkmen

Noun

adat (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

1. custom

Declension

Declension of adat

	singular	plural
nominative	adat	adatlar
accusative	adady	adatlary
genitive	adadyň	adatlaryň
dative	adada	adatlara
locative	adatda	adatlarda
ablative	adatdan	adatlardan