# babad
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bábad.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbabad/ [ˈba.bad̪]
* IPA: /baˈbad/ [baˈbad̪]
* Hyphenation: ba‧bad

### Noun

bábad or babád (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜇ᜔)
* soak
    Synonyms: humom, huom

#### Derived terms

* babadon
* ibabad
* magbabad

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧bad

### Noun

babad
* a coconut palm frond used as a torch

## Central Cagayan Agta
### Noun

babad
* 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: /ˈbabat̚/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧bad
* Homophone: babat
* Rhymes: -bat, -at, -t

### Noun

babad (plural babad-babad)
* chronicle, annal, historical account
** (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
* Romanization of ꦧꦧꦢ꧀

## Malay
### Noun

babad (Jawi spelling بابد, plural babad-babad, informal 1st possessive babadku, 2nd possessive babadmu, 3rd possessive babadnya)
* history; chronicle

### Further reading

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

## Maranao
### Noun

babad
* descendant

### Verb

babad
* 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: /ˈba.bat/
* Rhymes: -bat
* Hyphenation: ba‧bad

### Noun

babad
* clearing

### Verb

babad
* 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
* 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: /ˈbabad/ [ˈbaː.bɐd̪̚] (noun)
*** Rhymes: -abad
** IPA: /baˈbad/ [bɐˈbad̪̚] (adjective)
*** Rhymes: -ad
* Syllabification: ba‧bad

### Noun

babad (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜇ᜔)
* soak; soaking (in liquid)
    Synonyms: tigmak, mamad
* prolonged stay in water (in bathing)
* (cooking) marination
* (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)
* thoroughly soaked; saturated (in liquid)
* (figurative) immersed in a bad habit

### References

* “babad”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025