bawal

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawal/ [ˈba.wal̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wal

báwal (plural barawal, Basahan spelling ᜊᜏᜎ᜔)

1. prohibited, forbidden

   Synonym: ngalad

From Tagalog bawal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawal/ [ˈba.wɐl̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wal

báwal (Badlit spelling ᜊᜏᜎ᜔)

1. forbidden; prohibited; proscribed; taboo

   Synonyms: gibaoran, gidili, ginadili, midili, nidili

Inherited from Malay bawal, from Javanese ꦧꦮꦭ꧀ (bawal), from Old Javanese bawal (“a certain fresh water fish”)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbawal/ [ˈba.wal]
• Rhymes: -awal
• Syllabification: ba‧wal

bawal (plural bawal-bawal)

1. pomfret (a kind of fish)

• “bawal” 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawəl/ [ˈbäː.wəl]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wal

báwal

1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of baual

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawal/ [ˈba.wal]
• Rhymes: -awal
• Hyphenation: ba‧wal

From Javanese ꦧꦮꦭ꧀ (bawal), from Old Javanese bawal (“a certain freshwater fish”).

bawal (Jawi spelling باول, plural bawal-bawal)

1. pomfret (a kind of fish)

bawal (Jawi spelling باول, plural bawal-bawal)

1. a kind of herb endemic to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Thailand (Phyllagathis rotun­difolia)

Possibly a borrowing and corruption from English and French voile.

bawal (Jawi spelling باول, plural bawal-bawal)

1. (Islam) a type of square headscarf with pointy top usually worn by Southeast Asian Women

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbawal/ [ˈbaː.wɐl]
• Rhymes: -awal
• Syllabification: ba‧wal

bawal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏᜎ᜔)

1. not allowed; prohibited; forbidden

• bawal manigarilyo
• bawal pumarada

• “bawal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• labaw, balaw