biri-biri
See also: biribiri
Balinese
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- biri2 (text messaging, pre-1972)
Etymology
From Malay biri-biri, biri2, from Classical Malay بيري٢ (biri-biri), بيري٢ (biri2), from Hindi भेड़ (bheṛ), from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit भेड्र (bheḍra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbi.ri ˈbi.ri]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bi‧ri‧bi‧ri
Noun
biri-biri (plural banyak biri-biri, first-person possessive biri-biriku, second-person possessive biri-birimu, third-person possessive biri-birinya)
Further reading
- “biri-biri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown,
- probably from New Prakrit bheṛī (“sheep”), from Sanskrit भेड्र (bheḍra, “ram”).[1]
- probably related to Persian بره (barre, “lamb”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *urh₁en- (“ram, lamb”).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biri biri/
- Rhymes: -iri, -ri, -i
Descendants
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