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baja.

steel

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbad͡ʒa/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.d͡ʒa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. steel

  2. something that is hard and strong

    figuratively
  3. teeth blackening material

Where this word comes from

From Malay waja (“steel”), which doublet of waja, * from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “strength”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wā́ȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́ȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“lively”). Doublet of vigili. * from Sauraseni Prakrit vajja, from Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “thunderbolt”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“strong, lively”). The sense of teeth blackening material is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦮꦗ (waja).

noun/ˈbad͡ʒa/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.d͡ʒa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. syllabic abbreviation of bintara remaja

noun/ˈbad͡ʒa/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.d͡ʒa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. manure

    dialectal · obsolete
    Bangkai manusia akan terhantar di tanah seperti baja di padang.
Where this word comes from

From Malay baja (“manure”), from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “sacrificial food or prayer”).

noun/ˈbad͡ʒa/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.d͡ʒa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. customary punishment in Bima by parade

Where this word comes from

From Bima [Term?].

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