babad

See also: babád

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bábad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabad/, [ˈba.bad̪]
• IPA^(key): /baˈbad/, [baˈbad̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧bad

Noun

bábad or babád (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜇ᜔)

1. soak

   Synonyms: humom, huom

Derived terms

• babadon
• ibabad
• magbabad

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧bad

Noun

babad

1. a coconut palm frond used as a torch

Central Cagayan Agta

Noun

babad

1. headache

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦧꦢ꧀ (babad, “history, chronicle”), 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”). Doublet of babat.
• wwat (“to report”, literally “to present, offer”). Doublet of buat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabat̚/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧bad
• Homophone: babat
• Rhymes: -bat, -at, -t

Noun

babad (plural babad-babad, first-person possessive babadku, second-person possessive babadmu, third-person possessive babadnya)

1. chronicle, annal, historical account.
   1. (literature) Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, Sasak, and Madurese stories containing historical events

Synonyms

• cerita sejarah
• hikayat
• riwayat
• sejarah
• tambo

Further reading

• “babad” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

babad

1. Romanization of ꦧꦧꦢ꧀

Malay

Noun

babad (Jawi spelling بابد, plural babad-babad, informal 1st possessive babadku, 2nd possessive babadmu, 3rd possessive babadnya)

1. history; chronicle

Further reading

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

Maranao

Noun

babad

1. descendant

Verb

babad

1. to multiply

O'odham

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan babáádai, Classical Nahuatl cueyatl.

Noun

babad

1. frog, toad

References

• Saxton, Dean, Saxton, Lucille, Enos, Susie (1983) Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, second edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

babad

1. clearing

Verb

babad

1. to clear land

Derived terms

• ababad
• amabad
• ambabad
• babadan
• binabad
• binabadan

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦧꦧꦢ꧀ (babad) (inherited)

Further reading

• "babad" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• babar — dialectal, Rizal, Quezon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bábad.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbabad/, [ˈba.bɐd] (noun)
  • IPA^(key): /baˈbad/, [bɐˈbad] (adjective)
• Rhymes: (noun) -abad, (adjective) -ad
• Syllabification: ba‧bad

Noun

babad (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜇ᜔)

1. soak; soaking (in liquid)

   Synonyms: tigmak, mamad

2. prolonged stay in water (in bathing)
3. (figurative) bad habit of a person (especially of a gambler, etc.)

Derived terms

• bumabad
• ibabad
• mababad
• magbabad
• magbumabad
• mamad
• pagbababad
• pagbabad
• pagkababad
• telebabad

 

Adjective

babád (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜇ᜔)

1. thoroughly soaked; saturated (in liquid)
2. (figurative) immersed in a bad habit

References

• “babad”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024