badai

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay badai, from Tamil வாடை (vāṭai, “wind, north wind, chill wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbad̪ai̯]

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• Hyphenation: ba‧dai

Noun

badai (plural badai-badai)

1. (meteorology) storm

   Synonym: ribut (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• berbadai
• membadai

 

Compounds

• badai debu
• badai elektrik
• badai es
• badai fohn
• badai guntur
• badai guntur fron
• badai guntur fron dingin
• badai guntur konvektif
• badai guntur lataan
• badai guntur paras tinggi
• badai guntur perenggan
• badai hujan
• badai matahari
• badai meteor
• badai perak
• badai salju
• badai tropis

 

Related terms

• bad
• balabad

 

Adjective

badai

1. (slang) fantastic, cool, amazing

Further reading

• “badai” 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.

Italian

Verb

badai

1. first-person singular past historic of badare

Anagrams

• Abdia, badia, biada