batil
English
Alternative forms
- bateel, battil
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَتِيل (batīl).
Noun
batil (plural batils)
- A type of traditional sailing vessel used in the Arabian Sea.
- 1877, Charles Rathbone Low, The History of the Indian Navy:
- The Batil, a vessel with a long fiddle-headed bow and two masts, which may be distinguished from other craft by the inner part of the stern-post being ornamented with devices cut in the wood.
- 2020 August 20, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire, HarperCollins UK, →ISBN, page 157:
- While baghlas and their smaller equivalents, battils, were used for Arab trade between the west coast of India and the Gulf, European-style ships were also increasingly prevalent in this trade.
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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish batir, from Late Latin battere, variant of Latin battuere (“to beat, hit”), present active infinitive of battuō. Compare Bikol Central bati and Tagalog bati.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧til
- IPA(key): /baˈtil/, [bʌˈt̪il̪]
Noun
batíl
- eggbeater; egg whisk; whisk
Verb
batíl
- to beat; to whip; to whisk
- (euphemistic) to masturbate
- Synonyms: jakol, lulo, ul-ol
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:batil.
Derived terms
- binatilay
Related terms
- batirol
Anagrams
- bilat, labit, latbi, libat, tabil
Ilocano
Etymology
From Spanish batir.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧tíl
- IPA(key): /baˈtil/, [bɐˈtil]
Noun
batíl
- beat; whisk
Derived terms
- batilen
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Malay batil, from Classical Malay batil, from Tamil வட்டில் (vaṭṭil, “cup”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbat̪ɪl]
- Hyphenation: ba‧til
Noun
batil (plural batil-batil, first-person possessive batilku, second-person possessive batilmu, third-person possessive batilnya)
- (obsolete) container, vessel
- Synonym: wadah
Compounds
- batil belanja
- batil bertudung
- batil bertutup
Etymology 2
From Malay batil, from Classical Malay batil, from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbat̪ɪl]
- Hyphenation: ba‧til
Adjective
batil
- (archaic) null, invalid.
- Synonyms: batal, sia-sia
- (archaic) false: not true, not right.
- Antonym: hak
Noun
batil (plural batil-batil, first-person possessive batilku, second-person possessive batilmu, third-person possessive batilnya)
- (Islam) falsehood, wrong, injustice.
- Synonyms: kesalahan, kejahatan, kemungkaran
Further reading
- “batil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.