badju

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A form of baju — A traditional Malay jacket worn with a sarong.

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Meanings

nounbadju (plural badjus)

plural badjus

  1. datedDated form of baju.

    As far back as 1803 Captain Flinders met the swarthy, sea-going Malajs, clad then, as they are now, in badju and sarong, wearing gracefully-folded turbans on their heads, and with murderous-looking krisses stuck in their girdles.

    1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 269
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APA

badju. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badju

MLA

“badju.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badju. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “badju,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badju.

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