batara

See also: batara', batará, batarà, and Batara

Balinese

Romanization

batara

1. Romanization of ᬪᬝᬭ

Coastal Konjo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batad (“millet, sorghum”), compare Tetum batar (“maize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbataɾa]

Noun

batara

1. maize

Further reading

• Coastal Konjo Dictionary - batara, SIL International, 2013-2021.

French

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Noun

batara m (plural bataras)

1. antshrike

Derived terms

• batara luisant

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay batara, betara, from Classical Malay batara, betala, betara, from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered, worshipful”). Doublet of berhala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ta.ra/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧ra

Noun

batara

1. (archaic) deva
2. (obsolete) king

Alternative forms

• batari
• betara
• betari

Further reading

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

Lindu

Noun

batara

1. body
2. corpse

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese bhaṭāra (“a great lord”), from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered, worshipful”). Doublet of brahala.

Noun

batara or ᮘᮒᮛ (batara)

1. God (in the Abrahamic sense)

   Synonyms: gusti, pangéran

2. god (in the non-Abrahamic sense, e.g. Hinduism or Sunda Wiwitan)

   Batara Wisnu – Vishnu

   Batara Tunggal – Batara Tunggal ("a deity in Sunda Wiwitan mythology")

3. title for a monarch

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij