overwordExplorer
INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

obat.

medicine (a substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈobat/Standard-Indonesian[ˈo.bat̪̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. medicine (a substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug)

    Pemerintah didesak dalam penelitian dan pengembangan obat.
  2. medicine (any treatment or cure)

    Apa obat hati menurut Islam?
  3. chemical

    colloquial
    Obat rumput
  4. gunpowder; bullet

    figuratively
  5. black magic

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay اوبت obat ~ ubat from Proto-Malayic *ubat. Dominance over ubat influenced by Javanese obat as used among Javanese people in e.g. Jakarta

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

obat has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

obat studioobat workshello, obat

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.