bebek

bebek

1. alternative spelling of bébék

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbebɛʔ/ [ˈbe.bɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -ebɛʔ
• Syllabification: be‧bek

From Javanese ꦧꦺꦧꦺꦏ꧀ (bèbèk), from Old Javanese bebek, probably onomatopoeic.

bébèk (plural bebek-bebek)

1. duck: an aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet

   Synonym: itik

From Minangkabau [Term?].

bèbèk (plural bebek-bebek)

1. (dialect) bleat, maa

   Synonym: embik

• “bebek” 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.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbebek/ [ˈbe.beʔ]
• Hyphenation: be‧bek

bebek (plural bebek-bebek)

1. duck

   Synonym: itik

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

bebek

1. duck

• Javanese: ꦧꦺꦧꦺꦏ꧀ (bèbèk)
• → Balinese: ᬩᬾᬩᬾᬓ᭄ (bébék)

• "bebek" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

From Ottoman Turkish ببك (bebek).

Cognate with Bashkir бәпәй (bəpəy), Crimean Tatar bebey, Kazakh бөбек (böbek), Tatar бәбәй (bäbäy), Turkmen bäbek, Uyghur بوۋاق (bowaq), etc.

• IPA^(key): [be.ˈbec]

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• Hyphenation: be‧bek

bebek (definite accusative bebeği, plural bebekler)

1. baby
2. kid
3. doll

   Sekiz yaşımdan beri bebeklerle oynamadım.

   I haven't played with dolls since I was eight.

• bebeklik

• “bebek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu