banyak
See also: bányák and banyák
English
Noun
banyak (plural banyaks)
- Alternative form of baniak
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- banjak (pre-1967)
Etymology
From Malay banyak,from Classical Malay [Term?], from Old Malay vañak. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription as "vañakña" (current spelling banyaknya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɲak/, [baɲaʔ]
Adverb
banyak
- many
- a lot
Derived terms
- berbanyak
- kebanyakan
- membanyak
- membanyaki
- membanyakkan
- memperbanyak
- memperbanyakkan
- perbanyakan
- sebanyak
- sebanyak-banyaknya
- terbanyak
Javanese
Romanization
banyak
- Romanization of ꦧꦚꦏ꧀
Malay
Alternative forms
- bnyk (SMS slang)
Etymology
From Classical Malay [Term?], Old Malay vañak. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription as vañakña, 683AD.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɲak/, [baɲaʔ], [banˈjak]
Adverb
banyak (Jawi spelling باڽق)
- many, much, a lot
- very, excessively
Descendants
- Indonesian: banyak
- → Afrikaans: baie
See also
- ramai
Noun
banyak (Jawi spelling باڽق, plural banyak-banyak, informal 1st possessive banyakku, 2nd possessive banyakmu, 3rd possessive banyaknya)
- amount
Further reading
- “banyak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.