obat

• ubat (Malaysian Malay)

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

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈobat/ [ˈo.bat̪̚]
  • IPA^(key): (Javanese-influenced) /ˈobat/ [ˈo.bat̪̚]

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• Rhymes: -obat
• Syllabification: o‧bat

obat (plural obat-obat)

1. (medicine, pharmacy) medicine

   Pemerintah didesak dalam penelitian dan pengembangan obat. ― The government is pressed in medicine research and development.

   Synonym: ubat

2. medicine (any treatment or cure)

   Apa obat hati menurut Islam? ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (colloquial, chemistry) chemical

   Synonym: bahan kimia

   Obat rumput ― Grass herbicide

4. (figurative) gunpowder; bullet
5. (figurative) black magic

• “obat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Inherited from Old Javanese uwat (“medicine”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ubat.

• IPA^(key): /o.bat/
• Rhymes: -bat
• Hyphenation: o‧bat

obat (Carakan spelling ꦲꦺꦴꦧꦠ꧀)

1. medicine, potion
2. chemical
3. drug.
4. gunpowder.

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “obat”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN