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badut.

clown:

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbadut/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.dʊt̪̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. clown: a slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig

  2. clown: a person who acts in a silly fashion

  3. clown: a stupid or badly-behaved person

  4. jester (a person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court)

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay badut, ultimately borrowed from Sundanese badud or Javanese badhud, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *baðu.

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