jadi

See also: Jadi, jádí, and jaði

English

Alternative forms

• jaadi

Noun

jadi (uncountable)

1. (Asia) Pickled fish.

Anagrams

• DJIA

Iban

Verb

jadi

1. become, come about, reach a successful conclusion.

   Festival Hutan Hujan Sedunia (RWMF) ke-13 dipenyadika malam hari empat digulu 20 ra­ban pemusik enggau 200 iku pengarang berita ari serata dunya.

   The 13th edition of the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) came about on Thursday night where 20 musicians and 200 news reporters from around the world assembled.

References

• Richards, Anthony. An Iban-English Dictionary, Volume 1 Clarendon Press. 1981.
• Bisi 20 raban pemusik dunya datai enggau RWMF ke-13 The Borneo Post. 10 July 2010.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jadi, from Sanskrit जाति (jāti, “birth”) or जात (jāta, “become”). Doublet of jata, jati, and jelata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒadi/, [ˈd͡ʒa.di]
• Hyphenation: ja‧di

Conjunction

jadi

1. so (in order that, for that reason)

Verb

jadi (active menjadi)

1. to become (to come into being)
2. to succeed

   Synonym: berhasil

3. to be completed

   Synonym: diselesaikan

4. (stative) to be ready for use

   Synonym: siap

Derived terms

• dijadikan
• jadi-jadian
• jadian
• kejadian
• kemenjadian
• menjadi
• menjadi-jadi
• menjadi-jadikan
• menjadikan
• penjadi
• penjadian
• sejadi-jadinya
• terjadi

 

• jadi umum

 

Further reading

• “jadi” 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 जाति (jāti, “birth”). Doublet of jati and jelata.

Or probably cognate with Old Javanese dadi (“to become”) (compare Javanese ꦢꦢꦶ (dadi)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒa.di/
• Rhymes: -adi, -di, -i

Verb

jadi (Jawi spelling جادي, used in the form menjadi)

1. to become (to begin to be)

   Dia akan menjadi seorang guru

   She will become a teacher

2. (grammar) so (in order that, for that reason)

   Beri saya wang, jadi saya dapat membeli sebuah buku komik

   Give me money, so I can buy a comic

   Dia mahukan sebuah buku, jadi dia pergi ke perpustakaan

   He wanted a book, so he went to the library

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• jadian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• kejadian [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• jadikan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• menjadi [agent focus] (meN-)
• menjadikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dijadikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terjadi [agentless action] (teR-)
• menjadi-jadi [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• hari jadi (“birthday”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: jadi
• → Tagalog: yari ?

Further reading

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

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic جَدّ (jadd, literally “grandfather”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

jadi (n class, plural jadi)

1. tradition
2. lineage, ancestry, genealogy

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay jadi, from Sanskrit जाति (jāti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒa.d̪i/

Conjunction

jadi

1. so, therefore

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jadi
Brazilian standard	fadi
New Tribes	jadi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷaɾ̠i]

Noun

jadi

1. white clay

References

• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 191: “jadi”
• Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 51: “fade”