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adat.

a Malay or Indonesian legal tradition

4 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈaː.dɑt/
  1. a Malay or Indonesian legal tradition

    countable · feminine · masculine · no-diminutive
  2. adat, traditional Malay law

    feminine · masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Malay adat, from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”).

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