badut

From Malay badut, ultimately borrowed from Sundanese badud or Javanese badhud, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *baðu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.dʊt̚/
• Rhymes: -adʊt̚
• Hyphenation: ba‧dut

badut

1. clown:
   1. a slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig
   2. a person who acts in a silly fashion
   3. a stupid or badly-behaved person
2. (colloquial) jester (a person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court)

   Synonym: alan-alan

• badut on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id

badut

1. clothes; blouse; upper garment

Borrowed from Sundanese badud or Javanese badhud, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *baðu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbadut/ [ˈba.dut̪̚]

badut (Jawi spelling بادوت, plural badut-badut)

1. clown
2. jester

• “badut” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.