badai
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay badai, from Tamil வாடை (vāṭai, “wind, north wind, chill wind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbad̪ai̯]
- Hyphenation: ba‧dai
Noun
badai (plural badai-badai, first-person possessive badaiku, second-person possessive badaimu, third-person possessive badainya)
- (meteorology) storm
- Synonym: ribut (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
Affixed terms
- berbadai
- membadai
Compounds
- badai debu
- badai elektrik
- badai es
- badai fohn
- badai guntur
- badai guntur fron
- badai guntur fron dingin
- badai guntur konvektif
- badai guntur lataan
- badai guntur paras tinggi
- badai guntur perenggan
- badai hujan
- badai matahari
- badai meteor
- badai perak
- badai salju
- badai tropis
Related terms
- bad
- balabad
Further reading
- “badai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Verb
badai
- first-person singular past historic of badare
Anagrams
- Abdia, badia, biada