batik

batik

See also: Batik

English

WOTD – 2 October 2015

A batik worker in Indonesia

Etymology

From Dutch batik, from Javanese bathik (ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈtiːk/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

batik (countable and uncountable, plural batiks)

1. A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.

Translations

A method of dyeing fabric

Arabic: باتيك‎ Azerbaijani: batika Banyumasan: batik Belarusian: батык (batyk) Bulgarian: батик (batik) Burmese: ပါတိတ် (my) (patit) Catalan: bàtik Chinese: Mandarin: 蠟染／蜡染 (zh) (làrǎn), 蠟纈／蜡缬 (zh) (làxié) Czech: batika f, batikování n Danish: batik (da) Esperanto: batiko Estonian: batika, batik (et) Finnish: batiikki (fi) French: batik (fr) German: Batik (de) f or m Hebrew: בטיק‎ Ido: batiko (io) Indonesian: batik (id) Interlingua: batik Italian: batik Japanese: バティック (batikku) Javanese: bathik, bathik Lombard: batik, batik Malay: batik (ms) Persian: چاپ کلاقه‌ای‎ Polish: batik (pl) m Portuguese: batique (pt) m, batik Romanian: batic (ro) Russian: ба́тик (ru) m (bátik) Serbo-Croatian: batik (sh) Slovene: batik Spanish: batik Sundanese: batik Swedish: batik (sv) c Tagalog: batik Tajik: батик (batik) Ukrainian: батик (batyk) Vietnamese: lối in hoa ba-tic, batik (vi)

Verb

batik (third-person singular simple present batiks, present participle batiking, simple past and past participle batiked)

1. To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.

Translations

to dye fabric using the wax-resist method

Czech: batikovat impf German: batiken (de) Polish: batikować impf

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Banyumasan

Etymology

• From Javanese bathik, compound of amba (ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ, “broad, wide”) +‎ titik (ꦠꦶꦠꦶꦏ꧀, “dot, sign, mark”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʈɪʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʈɪʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧thik

Noun

batik

1. a texture-picture drawing on a textile material by using wax.
2. clothing with batik texture.

Derived terms

• mbatik
• batikan

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Burusu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik.

Noun

batik

1. tattoo

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Javanese bathik (ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧tik

Noun

batik

1. batik; a method of dyeing fabric
2. the fabric that has been dyed this way

Verb

batik

1. to dye a fabric using this method

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Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

batik

1. pig trap

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French

Etymology

From Dutch batik, from Javanese ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.tik/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

batik m (uncountable)

1. batik

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

batik

1. singular imperative of batiken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of batiken

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese bathik (ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀). Compare to Indonesian bertitik (“spoted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /batɪk/
• Rhymes: -atɪk, -tɪk, -ɪk

Noun

batik (first-person possessive batikku, second-person possessive batikmu, third-person possessive batiknya)

1. batik

References

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

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch batik, from Javanese ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtik/
• Rhymes: -ik
• Hyphenation: ba‧tìk

Noun

batik m (invariable)

1. batik

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Javanese

Romanization

batik

1. Romanization of ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀

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Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): [bateʔ, -tɪʔ, -te̞ʔ]
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): [batɪʔ, -teʔ, -te̞ʔ]
• Rhymes: -ateʔ, -teʔ, -eʔ

Noun

batik (Jawi spelling باتيق‎, plural batik-batik, informal 1st possessive batikku, 2nd possessive batikmu, 3rd possessive batiknya)

1. batik

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pembatik [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pembatikan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• membatik [agent focus] (meN-)

References

• "batik" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “batik” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Maranao

Etymology

From Javanese bathik (ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀).

Noun

batik

1. batik fabric

Verb

batik

1. to coagulate
2. to solidify

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French batik, from Dutch batik, from Javanese ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik)..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tik/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -atik
• Syllabification: ba‧tik

Noun

batik m inan

1. batik

Declension

Declension of batik

	singular
nominative	batik
genitive	batika
dative	batikowi
accusative	batik
instrumental	batikiem
locative	batiku
vocative	batiku

Derived terms

adjectives

• batikarski
• batikowy

 

verb

• batikować impf

 

Further reading

• batik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• batik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Dutch batik, from Javanese ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik).

Noun

batik m (plural batiks)

1. Alternative form of batique

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Punan Tubu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik.

Noun

batik

1. tattoo

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧tik
• IPA^(key): /baˈtik/, [bɐˈtik]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *batik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik (“tattoo”).

Noun

batík (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

1. spot; blemish; stain
2. (figurative) moral blemish

Derived terms

• batikan
• batik-batik
• bumatik
• mabatikan
• magbatik
• magbatik-batik
• magkabatik
• pagbatik-batikin

 

Etymology 2

From Javanese bathik (ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀).

Noun

batík (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

1. batik (Javanese patterned cloth drawn in wax)

Derived terms

• batikan
• magbatik

 

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Timugon Murut

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik (“tattoo”).

Verb

batik

1. to write
2. to carve