banyak
English edit
Noun edit
banyak (plural banyaks)
- Alternative form of baniak
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
- banjak (pre-1967)
Etymology edit
From Malay banyak, from Classical Malay باڽق, from Old Malay vañak. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription as "vañakña" (current spelling banyaknya).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
banyak
Derived terms edit
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
banyak
- Romanization of ꦧꦚꦏ꧀
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
- bnyk (SMS slang)
Etymology edit
From Classical Malay [Term?].
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (vañak), found in the form vañakña (current spelling banyaknya).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
banyak (Jawi spelling باڽق)
- many, much, a lot
- very, excessively
Descendants edit
See also edit
Noun edit
banyak (Jawi spelling باڽق, plural banyak-banyak, informal 1st possessive banyakku, 2nd possessive banyakmu, 3rd possessive banyaknya)
Further reading edit
- “banyak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.