"adi" meaning in Malay

See adi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /adi/
Etymology: From Classical Malay ادي (adi), from Javanese ꦲꦢꦶ (adi), from Old Javanese adi, adhi, ādi (“beginning; first, principal; excellent”), from Sanskrit आदि, अधि (ādi, adhi). Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|ms-cla|ادي|tr=adi}} Classical Malay ادي (adi), {{der|ms|jv|ꦲꦢꦶ|tr=}} Javanese ꦲꦢꦶ (adi), {{der|ms|kaw|adi, adhi, ādi|t=beginning; first, principal; excellent}} Old Javanese adi, adhi, ādi (“beginning; first, principal; excellent”), {{der|ms|sa|आदि, अधि}} Sanskrit आदि, अधि (ādi, adhi) Head templates: {{ms-adjective}} adi (comparative lebih adi, superlative paling adi) Forms: lebih adi [comparative], paling adi [superlative], adik [alternative], dik [alternative], ading [alternative], adinda [alternative], dinda [alternative], ari [alternative], اديق [alternative, Arabic, character], ديق [alternative, Arabic, character], ادي [alternative, Arabic, character], اديڠ [alternative, Arabic, character], اديندا [alternative, Arabic, character], ديندا [alternative, Arabic, character], اري [alternative, Arabic, character]
  1. great, most, foremost
    Sense id: en-adi-ms-adj--4sBwnWu
  2. (chemistry) noble, related to inert elements of group 18 in the periodic table
    Sense id: en-adi-ms-adj-rpNVDUbk Categories (other): Chemistry, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 6 56 38 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: adi-
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /adi/
Rhymes: -adi Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *adi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *adi, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wadi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji. Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*adi}} Proto-Malayic *adi, {{inh|ms|poz-mcm-pro|*adi}} Proto-Malayo-Chamic *adi, {{inh|ms|poz-msa-pro|*wadi}} Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wadi, {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*huaji}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, {{inh|ms|map-pro|*Suaji}} Proto-Austronesian *Suaji Head templates: {{head|ms|noun|Jawi spelling|ادي|plural|adi-adi}} adi (Jawi spelling ادي, plural adi-adi) Forms: ادي [Jawi], adi-adi [plural], adik [alternative], dik [alternative], ading [alternative], adinda [alternative], dinda [alternative], ari [alternative], اديق [alternative, Arabic, character], ديق [alternative, Arabic, character], ادي [alternative, Arabic, character], اديڠ [alternative, Arabic, character], اديندا [alternative, Arabic, character], ديندا [alternative, Arabic, character], اري [alternative, Arabic, character]
  1. alternative form of adik (esp. in Brunei) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: adik (extra: esp. in Brunei)
    Sense id: en-adi-ms-noun-H93dm9rE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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      "*adi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/adi"
    ],
    [
      "*adi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Chamic/adi"
    ],
    [
      "*wadi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan/wadi"
    ],
    [
      "*huaji",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/huaji"
    ],
    [
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Suaji"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *adi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *adi, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wadi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.",
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    {
      "form": "ادي",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adi-adi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ading",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adinda",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dinda",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ari",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديق",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ديق",
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        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ادي",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديڠ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديندا",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ديندا",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اري",
      "tags": [
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        "character"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "6": "adi-adi"
      },
      "expansion": "adi (Jawi spelling ادي, plural adi-adi)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "esp. in Brunei",
          "word": "adik"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of adik (esp. in Brunei)"
      ],
      "id": "en-adi-ms-noun-H93dm9rE",
      "links": [
        [
          "adik",
          "adik#Malay"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/adi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-adi"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ادي",
      "ادي#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "ꦲꦢꦶ",
      "ꦲꦢꦶ#Javanese"
    ],
    [
      "adi",
      "adi#Old_Javanese"
    ],
    [
      "adhi",
      "adhi#Old_Javanese"
    ],
    [
      "ādi",
      "ādi#Old_Javanese"
    ],
    [
      "आदि",
      "आदि#Sanskrit"
    ],
    [
      "अधि",
      "अधि#Sanskrit"
    ]
  ],
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        "1": "ms",
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "der"
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      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit आदि, अधि (ādi, adhi)",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Classical Malay ادي (adi), from Javanese ꦲꦢꦶ (adi), from Old Javanese adi, adhi, ādi (“beginning; first, principal; excellent”), from Sanskrit आदि, अधि (ādi, adhi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lebih adi",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paling adi",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ading",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adinda",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dinda",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ari",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديق",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ديق",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ادي",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديڠ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديندا",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ديندا",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اري",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "adi (comparative lebih adi, superlative paling adi)",
      "name": "ms-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "adi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "adi-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "great, most, foremost"
      ],
      "id": "en-adi-ms-adj--4sBwnWu",
      "links": [
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "most",
          "most"
        ],
        [
          "foremost",
          "foremost"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Chemistry",
          "orig": "ms:Chemistry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 56 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noble, related to inert elements of group 18 in the periodic table"
      ],
      "id": "en-adi-ms-adj-rpNVDUbk",
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "inert",
          "inert"
        ],
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "periodic table",
          "periodic table"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) noble, related to inert elements of group 18 in the periodic table"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/adi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adi"
}
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    ],
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    ],
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      "*wadi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan/wadi"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/huaji"
    ],
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      },
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *adi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *adi, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wadi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ادي",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adi-adi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ading",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adinda",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dinda",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ari",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديق",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ديق",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ادي",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديڠ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديندا",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ديندا",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اري",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "6": "adi-adi"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "extra": "esp. in Brunei",
          "word": "adik"
        }
      ],
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        "alternative form of adik (esp. in Brunei)"
      ],
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          "adik",
          "adik#Malay"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/adi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-adi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adi"
}

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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
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        "t": "beginning; first, principal; excellent"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Javanese adi, adhi, ādi (“beginning; first, principal; excellent”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "आदि, अधि"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit आदि, अधि (ādi, adhi)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Malay ادي (adi), from Javanese ꦲꦢꦶ (adi), from Old Javanese adi, adhi, ādi (“beginning; first, principal; excellent”), from Sanskrit आदि, अधि (ādi, adhi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lebih adi",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paling adi",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ading",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adinda",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dinda",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ari",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديق",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ديق",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ادي",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديڠ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اديندا",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ديندا",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اري",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Arabic",
        "character"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "adi (comparative lebih adi, superlative paling adi)",
      "name": "ms-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "adi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "adi-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "great, most, foremost"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "most",
          "most"
        ],
        [
          "foremost",
          "foremost"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ms:Chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noble, related to inert elements of group 18 in the periodic table"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "inert",
          "inert"
        ],
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "periodic table",
          "periodic table"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) noble, related to inert elements of group 18 in the periodic table"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/adi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adi"
}

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