# badak
## English

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### Etymology

Indonesian badak

### Noun

badak (plural badaks)
* (Indonesia) A rhinoceros.
** 1863, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (volume 31, page 164)
    It is said to resemble […] the Badak or Rhinoceros.
** 1945, Special Publication of the American Committee for International Wild Life Protection (page 387)
    Early Portuguese and Dutch writers refer to the "badaks" to be found inland, […]
** 1996, E. M. Beekman, Troubled Pleasures (page 193)
    […] rhino is magic, hence there are very few left. In 1847, no badaks were alive east of Mount Slamat […]

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* warak (dialectal, rare)

### Etymology

Inherited from Malay badak, from Javanese ꦧꦝꦏ꧀ (badhak) (compare Javanese ꦮꦫꦏ꧀ (warak, “rhinoceros”)), from Old Javanese warak (“rhinoceros”) (compare Old Javanese wadak (“wild buffalo”)), probably from Proto-Austroasiatic (compare to Proto-Bahnaric *-rok (“cow, ox”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuk (“ox”))

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbadak/ [ˈba.dak̚]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -adak
* Syllabification: ba‧dak

### Noun

badak (plural badak-badak)
* (zoology) rhinoceros (herbivorous pachyderm with one or two horns)

#### Derived terms

* badak air (“hippopotamus”)
* badak babi (“tapir”)
* badak gajah (“Javan rhinoceros”)
* badak jawa (“Javan rhinoceros”)
* badak kerbau (“Sumatran rhinoceros”)
* badak raya (“Javan rhinoceros”)
* badak sumatra (“Sumatran rhinoceros”)
* badak sumbu (“Javan rhinoceros”)
* badak tampung (“tapir”)

### Further reading

* “badak” 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.

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbadak]

### Noun

badak m inan (diminutive badack)
* thistle

#### Synonyms

* wóset

### Further reading

* Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “badak”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “badak”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbadak/ [ˈba.daʔ]
* Rhymes: -adaʔ
* Hyphenation: ba‧dak

### Noun

badak (Jawi spelling بادق, plural badak-badak, informal 1st possessive badakku, 2nd possessive badakmu, 3rd possessive badaknya)
* rhinoceros

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: badak (inherited)
* → Portuguese: abada
** → English: abada
** → Italian: abada
** → Spanish: abada

### Further reading

* “badak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maranao
### Noun

badak
* jackfruit

## Remun
### Verb

badak
* to know

## Sundanese
### Noun

badak (Hanacaraka spelling ᮘᮓᮊ᮪)
* rhinoceros

## Tboli
### Noun

badak
* jackfruit

## Tetum
### Adjective

badak
* short

## Tiruray
### Noun

badak
* jackfruit