baju

From Malay baju.

baju (plural bajus)

1. A traditional Malay jacket worn with a sarong.

• badjoe, badjoo, badju, bajoo (all archaic or dated)

Cognate with Garo baju. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

baju

1. friend

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Borrowed from Malay baju, from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”).

baju (Balinese script ᬩᬚᬸ)

1. shirt (article of clothing)

• “baju” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

baju

1. friend

Borrowed from Malay baju, Borrowed from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbad͡ʒu]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ju

baju

1. top (clothing that covers upper body)

• bajoe (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

From Malay baju, from Classical Malay باجو (baju), from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 (b-a-z-u /⁠bāzu⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Doublet of bahu.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbad͡ʒu]

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ju

baju (plural baju-baju)

1. top (clothing that covers upper body)

• pakaian, busana, sandangan

• kemeja (“collared shirt”)

• celana (“pants, trousers”)

• “baju” 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.

baju

1. romanization of ꦧꦗꦸ

baju

1. clothing

From Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”).

baju

1. shirt

From Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”).

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• IPA^(key): /bad͡ʒu/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒu, -d͡ʒu, -u

baju (Jawi spelling باجو, plural baju-baju)

1. shirt (article of clothing)

• baju hujan

• Indonesian: baju
• Peranakan Indonesian: bajoe
• → Balinese: ᬩᬚᬸ (baju)
• → Dutch: baadje
  • Afrikaans: baadjie
    • → Shona: bhachi
    • → Xhosa: ibhatyi
    • → Zulu: ibhantshi
  • → Papiamentu: bachi
• → English: baju
• → Ilocano: bado
• → Javanese: ꦧꦗꦸ (baju)
• → Minangkabau: baju
• → Pattani Malay: باجو / บายฺู (baju)
• → Remontado Agta: badu
• → Sundanese: baju
• → Tagalog: baro
• → Urak Lawoi': บายฺู (baju)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ju/
• Rhymes: -aju
• Syllabification: ba‧ju

baju m

1. locative/vocative singular of baj

baju (Cyrillic spelling бају)

1. third-person plural present of bajati

From Malay baju, from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū).

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.d͡ʒu]

baju

1. a shirt

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Malay baju, possibly through Ternate baju.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.d͡ʒu/

baju

1. a dress
2. a shirt

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

baju

1. child

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind