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BhDAK,; b6chok. An edible saltwater fish, julis lunaris.. bahath. Arab. Debate, discussion;
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j. bahar. Arab. The sea;..laut. Bahar mas
dan perak: an ocean of gold and silver; Ht.
Hamz., 6I. Saperti laut bahar rupa-nya: like
the great sea; Ht. Mar. Mah.
Akar b.: a marine animal; v. akar.
Laut baharu'llah: (I) God's ocean; the ocean
of God's kindnesses to man; (2) the Great
Ocean believed to lie at the foot of Mt. Kaf;
Ht. Sh. Mard.
Baharu'l-'dshikIn: the ocean of lovers; love;
Ht. Best.
Lobok bahar: the cavities of the sea; a name
for cannon in the language of sorcerers.
5c. bahari. Arab. Sea-faring; appertaining to
the sea; Sej. Mal., 399.
^I bakht. Pers. Fortune. Bad-bakht: evil fortune; ill-starred; usually corrupted to the
form bede'bah, q. v.
\-L. bakhtiy&r. Pers. Fortunate. Hikdyat b.:
the name of a well-known Malay classic.. bakhshish. Pers. A gift.
ke bakhil. Arab. Covetous; Ht. Fut. Sh., 25,
124.
4S bakhiyah. Pers. Embroidery; to embroider;
see bekiya.

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b6d6bah. [ Pers. bad-bakht. ] Ill-omened;
accursed; ill-starred; unlucky; = chelaka.
Anak b.: this accursed child; this child born
to bring misfortune on others; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
5, 82. Si-bedebah: this accursed individual;
Ht. Ism. Yat., io8. Hai pereimpuwan sundal
bedebah tiyada tahu malu: you profligate
rascally woman to whom shame is unknown;
Ht. Kal. Dam., 59.

)\J. bidadari. [ Skr. widyddari. ] A celestial
nymph, a nymph of Indra's heaven. These
nymphs were the attendants upon Indra and
ministered to his pleasures ( Ht. Gul. Bak. );
they were also the presiding genii at the union
of lovers (Sh. Bid., et pass.). The best known
of these nymphs were Nila Utama, and
Sakarba.
The name bidadari is also given to the
houris of the Muhammadan heaven; Ht. Fut.
Sh.; Bust. Sal.
The form bidiyadari also occurs.
_. badar. Arab. The full moon. Chehaya kanmar
lailatu'l-badar: the brightness of the moon on a
bright moonlight night; Ht. Md. Hanaf., 35.
Laksana punggok berahikan badar: like the
owl in love with the moon; Sh. Sh. Al., 35.
Badar is also the name of a plain in Arabia
where a great victory was won by Muhammad.
Batu b.: a stone from this field of battle
polished and set as a gem.
o-f. bida'ah. [Arab. bid'ah. ] Heretical; lying;
deceiving; Sh. Ibl., 3, io; Sh. Dag., I6; Ht.
Raj. Sul., 8. Bida'ah anak T1re'tgganu: the
people of Trengganu are liars; Prov.
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be b6dong. Swathing, swaddling (Ht. Gh., Ht.
Best.); a swaddling cloth; a swathing band
for a newly-born or extremely young infant;
a wrapper worn round the waist during the
first few months of a child's life, the barut
being worn afterwards.
B. lilit: a swaddling cloth with a long tape
or string at the end to fasten it with.
B. lipat: a long swaddling cloth without a
tape, worn like a cummerbund. Tali b.: id.;
Sh. Panj. Sg.
b3 b6dak. A Malay cosmetic or toilet-powder
made of rice-meal perfumed with flowers or
rosewater.
Begrbedak: powdered with this cosmetic; Ht.
Bakht., 73; Ht. Ind. Nata.
Bedaki: to powder any surface; Sej. Mal.,
I35; Ht. Bakht., 75.
Bedakkan: to cover (anything) with this
cosmetic powder; to use any powdery substance as a cosmetic; Sh. U1., 13.
Menmbdak: to use powder.
B. muntah belut; b. sampu; b. sawan; b. sejok;
b. wangi: powders used as cosmetics for
children.
B. pembuwang daki: a face powder used
medicinally.

-. bad. Pers. Evil; bad. Bad-bakht:
starred, unlucky; v. bakht, and bedebah.

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bada'. Arab. Commencement, beginning.
b6dara. [ Skr. badara. ] A name given to
several trees with plum-like fruits; Sh. Ch.
Ber., 5; Ht. Gh.; Ht. Koris; Sej. Mal., I9;
Kam. Kech., 8, etc.
B. china: the jujube; zizyphus jujuba.
B. hutan: a climbing shrub; strychnos sp.
near pubescens.
B. laut: a sea-shore shrub; ximnenia amnericana. A kar b. laut: a thorny seashore shrub;
randia fasciculata.
B. pahit: a shrub with bitter bark; eurycoma
latifolia.
Buwah b.: is also the name given to a sweetmeat made of tepong pulut and eggs, and served
up with sugar.

f)i.> b6dawi. [Arab. baduwi. A nomad; a
Bedouin; Ht. Fut. Sh., 21; Ht. Ism. Yat.,
149; cf. badwi.

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