biri-biri

See also: biribiri

Balinese

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Dairi Batak

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Indonesian

Alternative forms
  • biri2 (text messaging, pre-1972)

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri, biri2, from Classical Malay بيري٢‎ (biri-biri), بيري٢‎ (biri2), from Hindi भेड़ (bheṛ), from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit भेड्र (bheḍra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbi.ri ˈbi.ri]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ri‧bi‧ri

Noun

biri-biri (plural banyak biri-biri, first-person possessive biri-biriku, second-person possessive biri-birimu, third-person possessive biri-birinya)

  1. sheep (animal)
    Synonym: domba

Further reading

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Makasar

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown, probably related to Persian بره‎ (barre, “lamb”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *urh₁en- (“ram, lamb”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biri biri/
  • Rhymes: -iri, -ri, -i

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Descendants

Nias

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Simeulue

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)
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