batal

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtal/ [baˈtal̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧tal

Noun

batál (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜎ᜔)

1. callous

   Synonym: kubal

Derived terms

• batalan
• mabatalan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧tal
• IPA^(key): /baˈtal/ [bɐˈt̪al̪]

Noun

batál

1. hardened part of an otherwise soft or semisoft surface (such as of a lump or a blood clot)

Verb

batál

1. to form a hard surface on something otherwise soft
2. to be brazen

Derived terms

• batal ang nawong (“brazen; shameless”)
• batalan (“raised floor made of stone or wood, found at the back of the kitchen and used to store jars and for washing”)
• mabatal (“to stay put”)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay batal, from Arabic بَطَّال (baṭṭāl), بَطَلَ (baṭala, “to be or become null, void, futile, worthless, pointless”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbatal/ [ˈba.t̪al]
• Rhymes: -atal
• Syllabification: ba‧tal

Adjective

batal (comparative lebih batal, superlative paling batal)

1. void, invalid
2. fail, fruitless, unsuccessful

Derived terms

• kebatalan
• membatalkan
• pembatal
• pembatalan
• terbatalkan

• bantal jarum
• batal demi hukum
• batal mengudara

Further reading

• “batal”, 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

Ladino

Adjective

batal

1. idle

Synonyms

• batlán

Related terms

• batalik

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَطَلَ (baṭala), from Proto-Semitic *baṭal-.

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety, /a/-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈbatal/ [ˈba.t̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ba‧tal

Adjective

batal (Jawi spelling بطل, comparative lebih batal, superlative paling batal)

1. invalid; null; void
2. failed; unsuccessful

Derived terms

Affixations

• dibatalkan / terbatal (“to be nullified”)
• membatalkan (“to nullify; to void”)
• pembatal (“nullifier”)
• pembatalan (“cancellation”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: batal (inherited)

Further reading

• “batal”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maltese

Root
b-t-l
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَطَلَ (baṭala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tal/
• Rhymes: -atal

Verb

batal (imperfect jibtal, past participle mibtul)

1. to become vacant, empty
2. to take a break

Conjugation

Conjugation of batal (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	btalt	btalt	batal	btalna	btaltu	batlu
	f			batlet
imperfect	m	nibtal	tibtal	jibtal	nibtlu	tibtlu	jibtlu
	f			tibtal
imperative			ibtal			ibtlu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	btaltx	btaltx	batalx	btalniex	btaltux	batlux
	f			batlitx
imperfect	m	nibtalx	tibtalx	jibtalx	nibtlux	tibtlux	jibtlux
	f			tibtalx
imperative			tibtalx			tibtlux

Maranao

Verb

batal

1. to mar
2. to corrupt
3. to render unchaste

Derived terms

• batabatal

Nubi

Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic بطال (baṭṭāl). Cognate with Juba Arabic bataal.

Adjective

batál

1. bad

References

• Wellens, Ineke (2005), The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بطل (batal, “useless”).

Noun

batal m (plural batali)

1. wether

Declension

Declension of batal

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	batal	batalul		batali	batalii
genitive-dative	batal	batalului		batali	batalilor
vocative	batalule			batalilor

See also

• berbec