bedah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bedah, from Javanese ꦧꦼꦝꦃ (bedhah, “broken through, ripped open; to be overcome by force”), from Old Javanese bĕḍah (“to break, to burst”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəˈd̪ah]
• Hyphenation: bê‧dah

Noun

bedah (uncountable)

1. (surgery) surgery: a procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

   Synonyms: operasi, pembedahan

2. (surgery) short for ilmu bedah (“surgery (specialisation)”).
3. (literature, figurative) review: a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.

Derived terms

• membedah
• pembedah
• pembedahan

 

• bedah buku
• bedah bumi
• bedah cesar
• bedah digestif
• bedah jantung
• bedah kardiotoraks
• bedah kosmetik
• bedah krio
• bedah mayat
• bedah mayor
• bedah mikrobiologi
• bedah minor
• bedah mulut
• bedah ortopedis
• bedah perut
• bedah plastik
• bedah refraktif
• bedah rumah
• bedah tulang

 

• dokter bedah
• ilmu bedah

 

Adjective

bedah

1. (dialect, Java) torn, broken.

   Synonyms: bobol, sobek, robek, rusak

2. (surgery) surgical

   Synonym: sirurgis

Further reading

• “bedah” 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.