# jadi
## English
### Alternative forms

* jaadi

### Noun

jadi (uncountable)
* (Asia) Pickled fish.

### Anagrams

* DJIA

## Iban
### Verb

jadi
* 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
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒadi/ [ˈd͡ʒa.di]
* Rhymes: -adi
* Syllabification: ja‧di

### Etymology 1

Unknown.
* From Malay jadi, from Sanskrit जाति (jāti, “birth”) or जात (jāta, “become”). Doublet of jata, jati, and jelata.
* From Malay jadi, from Proto-Malayic *ɟadi, *maka-ɟadi (“become, for, to”). Cognate with Malagasy zary.

#### Conjunction

jadi
* so (in order that, for that reason)

#### Verb

jadi (active menjadi)
* to become (to come into being)
* to succeed
    Synonym: berhasil
* to be completed
    Synonym: diselesaikan
* (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

### Etymology 2

From Arabic اَلْجَدْي (al-jady, “young goat, Capricorn”).

#### Proper noun

Jadi
* (astrology, astronomy) Capricorn
    Synonyms: Kaprikornus, Makara

#### See also

Zodiac signs in Indonesian (layout · text) :
| Aries, Hamal, Mesa | Taurus, Saur, Wrisaba | Gemini, Jauza, Mintuna | Kanser, Sartan, Karkata |
| Leo, Asad, Singa | Virgo, Sunbulat, Kanya, Mayang | Libra, Mizan, Tula | Skorpio, Akrab, Kala |
| Sagitarius, Kaus, Danuh | Kaprikornus, Jadi, Makara | Akuarius, Delu, Kumba | Pises, Hut, Mina |

### 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

Unknown
* From Sanskrit जाति (jāti, “birth”). Doublet of jati and jelata.
* Or probably cognate with Old Javanese dadi (“to become”) (compare Javanese ꦢꦢꦶ (dadi)).
* From Proto-Malayic *ɟadi. Cognate with Malagasy zary.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʒa.di/
* Rhymes: -adi, -di, -i

### Verb

jadi (Jawi spelling جادي, used in the form menjadi)
* to become (to begin to be)
    Dia akan menjadi seorang guruShe will become a teacher
* (grammar) so (in order that, for that reason)
    Beri saya wang, jadi saya dapat membeli sebuah buku komikGive me money, so I can buy a comic
    Dia mahukan sebuah buku, jadi dia pergi ke perpustakaanHe wanted a book, so he went to the library

#### Derived terms

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 ?

### References

* ↑ A Malay-English dictionary – jadi

### 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 class IX (plural jadi class X)
* tradition
* lineage, ancestry, genealogy

## West Makian
### Etymology

From Malay jadi, from Sanskrit जाति (jāti).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒa.d̪i/

### Conjunction

jadi
* so, therefore

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hʷaɾ̠i]

### Noun

jadi
* white clay

### References

* Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎, 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”