Etymology

abada

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Today it means: The rhinoceros. Full definition →

Portuguese abada ← Malay badak
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The story

  1. Malay · derived frombadak“rhinoceros”
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromabada“female rhinoceros”
  3. English todayabada

From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak (“rhinoceros”).

Words from the same roots

Malaybadak all →

badak

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.