bidan

bidan

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽

From Malay bidan, from Sanskrit विद्वान् (vidvān), विद्वस् (vidvas, “sage, seer”). Doublet of biduan.

• IPA^(key): /bi.dan/

bidan (first-person possessive bidanku, second-person possessive bidanmu, third-person possessive bidannya)

1. midwife

• “bidan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Prakrit, from Sanskrit विद्वान् (vidvān), विद्वस् (vidvas, “sage, seer”). Doublet of biduan.

• IPA^(key): /bidan/
• Rhymes: -an

bidan (Jawi spelling بيدن‎, plural bidan-bidan, informal 1st possessive bidanku, 2nd possessive bidanmu, 3rd possessive bidannya)

1. Midwife (person who assists women in childbirth)

• dukun beranak
• pengulin

From Proto-West Germanic *bīdan.

bīdan

1. to wait
2. to remain, stay

• antbīdan

• Middle Dutch: biden
  • Dutch: bijden (obsolete)

• “bīdan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *bīdan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.dɑn/

bīdan

1. to wait (+genitive for something)
2. to stay, to remain

• ābīdan
• ġebīdan
• oferbīdan
• onbidan

• bǣdan

• Middle English: biden
  • English: bide
  • Scots: byde, bide

From Proto-West Germanic *bīdan.

bīdan

1. to wait for
2. to remain, to stay

• Middle Low German: bîden
  • Low German: bieden