bedak

Indonesian

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈdak̚/
  • Hyphenation: bê‧dak

Noun

bêdak (first-person possessive bedakku, second-person possessive bedakmu, third-person possessive bedaknya)

  1. (cosmetics, pharmacy) powder: a mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
    Synonym: pupur

Derived terms
  • berbedak
  • membedaki
  • membedakkan
  • bedak bayi
  • bedak cair
  • bedak dingin
  • bedak mandi
  • bedak padat
  • bedak serbuk
  • bedak tabur
  • bedak tumpat
  • bedak wangi

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian bedano.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bědaːk/
  • Hyphenation: be‧dak

Noun

bèdāk m (Cyrillic spelling бѐда̄к)

  1. (Croatia) fool
  2. (Serbia, slang) bummer

Declension
Declension of bedak
singular plural
nominative bèdāk bedáci
genitive bedáka bedaka
dative bedaku bedacima
accusative bedáka bedake
vocative bȅdāče bedaci
locative bedaku bedacima
instrumental bedakom bedacima

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bèdāk, from Italian bedano.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛdàːk/

Noun

bedák m anim

  1. fool

Inflection
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. bedák
gen. sing. bedáka
singular dual plural
nominative bedák bedáka bedáki
accusative bedáka bedáka bedáke
genitive bedáka bedákov bedákov
dative bedáku bedákoma bedákom
locative bedáku bedákih bedákih
instrumental bedákom bedákoma bedáki

Further reading
  • “bedak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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