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batil

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَتِيل (batīl).

Noun

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batil (plural batils)

  1. A type of traditional sailing vessel used in the Arabian Sea.
    • 1877, Charles Rathbone Low, The History of the Indian Navy[1]:
      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[2], 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.

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish batir. Compare Bikol Central bati and Tagalog bati.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧til
  • IPA(key): /baˈtil/ [bɐˈt̪il̪]

Noun

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batíl

  1. eggbeater; egg whisk; whisk

Verb

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batíl

  1. to beat; to whip; to whisk
  2. (euphemistic) to masturbate
    Synonyms: jakol, lulo, ul-ol

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:batil.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Ilocano

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Etymology

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From Spanish batir.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧tíl
  • IPA(key): /baˈtil/, [bɐˈtil]

Noun

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batíl

  1. beat; whisk

Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay batil, from Classical Malay batil, from Tamil வட்டில் (vaṭṭil, cup).

Noun

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batil (plural)

  1. (obsolete) container, vessel
    Synonym: wadah

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Malay batil, from Classical Malay batil, from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil).

Adjective

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batil

  1. (archaic) null, invalid.
    Synonyms: batal, sia-sia
  2. (archaic) false: not true, not right.
    Antonym: hak

Noun

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batil (plural)

  1. (Islam) falsehood, wrong, injustice.
    Synonyms: kesalahan, kejahatan, kemungkaran

Further reading

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