bahari

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /baˈhari/ [baˈha.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: ba‧ha‧ri

Etymology 1

From Malay bahari, from Classical Malay bahari, from Arabic بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy, “maritime”). For the dialectal sense as used in Kalimantan, it refers to the older lifestyle nearby the sea coasts, but once sedentary and urban life began to dominate over time, this coastal lifestyle soon became associated with the past. Cognate to Kendayan bahare' (“old-time”).

Adjective

bahari

1. nautical: pertaining to the sea

   Synonym: laut

2. (Kalimantan, dialectal) ancient, old-time

   Synonym: kuno

Derived terms

• kebaharian

Related terms

• bahar

Etymology 2

From Malay bahari, from Classical Malay bahari, from Persian بهاری (bahâri, “vernal”), بهار (bahâr, “sping, blossom, a female given name”).

Adjective

bahari

1. (obsolete) beautiful

   Synonyms: elok, indah

Verb

bahari

1. (obsolete) to have magic forces; magical

   Synonym: bertuah

Further reading

• “bahari”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Swahili

Other scripts
Ajami	بَحَرِ

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Semitic *baḥr-

Arabic بَحْر (baḥr)bor.

Swahili bahari

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

bahari class IX (plural bahari class X)

1. sea, ocean
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], stanza 13:

     هُنُ اُلِمِغُ بَحَرِ تِيْسِ ، اُنَ مَتُبَوِ نَمَغِ مَاسِ،

     Hunu ulimwengu baḥari tesi, una matumbawe na-mangi masi,

     This world is a troubled sea, it has corals and much wickedness;

Derived terms

• Bahari ya Hindi
• Bahari ya Kati
• Bahari ya Shamu
• ukingo wa bahari

Related terms

• baharia (“sailor”)

Descendants

• → Malagasy: bahary