albahdir
Indonesian
Etymology
From Ternate [Term?] or North Moluccan Malay [Term?], from Portuguese alabardeiro (“halberdier”), from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm << Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”) << *bardaz (“broadax”, literally “beard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [alˈbahdɪr]
- Hyphenation: al‧bah‧dir
Noun
albahdir (first-person possessive albahdirku, second-person possessive albahdirmu, third-person possessive albahdirnya)
- (Ternate) the guard of the Sultan of Ternate.
Further reading
- “albahdir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.