bahari

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /baˈhari/ [baˈha.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: ba‧ha‧ri

Etymology 1

From Malay bahari, from Classical Malay bahari, from Arabic بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy, “maritime”).

Adjective

bahari

1. nautical: pertaining to the sea

   Synonym: laut

Derived terms

• kebaharian

Related terms

• bahar

Etymology 2

From Malay bahari, from Classical Malay bahari, from Persian بهاری (bahâri, “vernal”), بهار (bahâr, “sping, blossom, a female given name”). For the dialectal sense as used in Kalimantan, it refers to the older lifestyle of seafaring (cognate to Kendayan bahare' (“old-time”)).

Adjective

bahari

1. (obsolete) beautiful

   Synonyms: elok, indah

2. (Kalimantan, dialectal) ancient, old-time

   Synonym: kuno

Verb

bahari

1. (obsolete) to have magic forces; magical

   Synonym: bertuah

Further reading

• “bahari”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Swahili

Other scripts
Ajami	بَحَرِ

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

bahari class IX (plural bahari class X)

1. sea, ocean
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], stanza 13:

     هُنُ اُلِمِغُ بَحَرِ تِيْسِ ، اُنَ مَتُبَوِ نَمَغِ مَاسِ،

     Hunu ulimwengu baḥari tesi, una matumbawe na-mangi masi,

     This world is a troubled sea, it has corals and much wickedness;

Derived terms

• Bahari ya Hindi
• Bahari ya Kati
• Bahari ya Shamu
• ukingo wa bahari

Related terms

• baharia (“sailor”)

Descendants

• → Malagasy: bahary