ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀
Pegon
Roman	bathik (standard), batik (non-standard)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik (“tattoo”), from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik. Compound of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ (amba, “broad, wide”) +‎ ꦠꦶꦠꦶꦏ꧀ (titik, “dot, sign, mark”) considered as folk etymology.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik) (ngoko)

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

Synonyms

• ꦱꦼꦫꦠ꧀ (serat) (krama)

Derived terms

• ꦩ꧀ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀ (mbathik)
• ꦧꦛꦶꦏꦤ꧀ (bathikan)

Descendants

• Banyumasan: batik
• → Dutch: batik
  • → English: batik
  • → French: batik
    • → Romanian: batic
  • → German: Batik
  • → Italian: batik
  • → Portuguese: batique
• → Indonesian: batik
• → Cebuano: batik (learned)
• → Maranao: batik (learned)
• → Min Nan: 貓澤／猫泽
• → Tagalog: batik (learned)
• → Malay: batik (learned)

References

• "bathik" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974
• "bathik" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “batik”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN