albahdir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ternate [Term?] or North Moluccan Malay [Term?], from Portuguese alabardeiro (“halberdier”), from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm << Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”) << *bardaz (“broadax”, literally “beard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alˈbahdɪr]
• Hyphenation: al‧bah‧dir

Noun

albahdir (first-person possessive albahdirku, second-person possessive albahdirmu, third-person possessive albahdirnya)

1. (Ternate) the guard of the Sultan of Ternate.

Further reading

• “albahdir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.