abidy

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Malagasy[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /abidʲ/
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1[edit]

From the first three letters of the Malagasy alphabet, A, B and D.

Noun[edit]

abidý

  1. alphabet

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

abidy

  1. (dialectal, Betsimisaraka) old woman

Etymology 3[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Arabic?”)

Noun[edit]

abidy

  1. (dialectal, Betsileo) slave

Etymology 4[edit]

Noun[edit]

abidy

  1. (dialectal, Tankarana) a species of waterbird

Further reading[edit]

  • abidy in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
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