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 of 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

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.

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• babar — dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, informal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bábad.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbabad/ [ˈbaː.bɐd̪̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -abad
  • IPA^(key): /baˈbad/ [bɐˈbad̪̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -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