budak

budak

1. flower

From Malay budak (“child”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗik, *ɗiik, *ɗiək (“slave”). The sense of slave is reinforced by Javanese ꦧꦸꦝꦏ꧀ (budhak, “slave”).

• IPA^(key): /bu.dak/, /bu.daʔ/
• Hyphenation: bu‧dak

budak (plural budak-budak, first-person possessive budakku, second-person possessive budakmu, third-person possessive budaknya)

1. slave

   Synonyms: antek, hamba

2. (dialectal) child

   Synonym: anak

The word is part of partial false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay budak.

• The sense of child, which is the meaning in Standard Malay, is used in Indonesian Malay reside, such as Riau, and can be found in regional speech. However, the sense of child is obsolete in national Indonesian.

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

budak

1. mythological horse having the head of a human; a beautiful woman with long hair and beautiful wings

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗik, *ɗiik, *ɗiək (“slave”).

• IPA^(key): /budak/
• Rhymes: -udak, -dak, -ak
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [budäʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ

budak (Jawi spelling بودق‎, plural budak-budak, informal 1st possessive budakku, 2nd possessive budakmu, 3rd possessive budaknya)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) young person; child

   Synonyms: anak, kanak-kanak

2. (mainly Indonesia) slave

   Synonyms: hamba, abdi

The word is part of partial false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian budak.

• memperbudakkan

• Indonesian: budak

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

From Ottoman Turkish بوداق‎ (budak).

• IPA^(key): /bûdaːk/
• Hyphenation: bu‧dak

bȕdāk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̏да̄к)

1. pickax, mattock

• “budak” in Hrvatski jezični portal