payudara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay payudara, from Sanskrit पयोधर (payodhara, “woman's breast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pajuˈdara/
• Hyphenation: pa‧yu‧da‧ra
• Rhymes: -ra, -a

Noun

payudara (plural payudara-payudara, first-person possessive payudaraku, second-person possessive payudaramu, third-person possessive payudaranya)

1. breast

   Synonyms: buah dada, bukit kembar, gunung kembar, mama, susu, tetek, toket

   Ibu itu menderita kanker payudara.

   That mother is suffering from breast cancer.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berpayudara [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Further reading

• “payudara” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit पयोधर (payodhara, “woman's breast”).

Noun

payudara (Jawi spelling ڤايودارا, plural payudara-payudara, informal 1st possessive payudaraku, 2nd possessive payudaramu, 3rd possessive payudaranya)

1. breast

   Synonym: buah dada

   barah payudara ― breast cancer

Descendants

• Indonesian: payudara

Further reading

• “payudara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "payudara" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.