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Batavian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Batavia + -an.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) From Batavia; Jakartan.
2. Pertaining to a member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century; Betawi.
   • Si Dul, a Batavian boy, is playing at sedekah with his two friends... 1991, C.D. Grijns, Jakarta Malay, volume 2, page 6:
3. From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
4. (archaic, poetic) From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen. ▸ Of or relating to the Netherlands; Dutch.
   • The Batavian Republic was proclaimed 19 January 1795.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more Batavian	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most Batavian	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Translations (9)

ms orang Betawi (Pertaining to an Indonesian ethnic group) · nl Betawi (Pertaining to an Indonesian ethnic group) · id orang Betawi (Pertaining to an Indonesian ethnic group) · fr batavien (Pertaining to an Indonesian ethnic group) · uk бата́вський (Pertaining to an Indonesian ethnic group) · nl Bataafs (relating to the tribe of the Batavi) · ru бата́вский (Pertaining to an Indonesian ethnic group) · fr betawi (Pertaining to an Indonesian ethnic group) · nl Bataviaans (Pertaining to an Indonesian ethnic group)

Batavian en · NOUN

Etymology

From Batavia + -an.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Someone from Batavia; Jakartan.
2. A member of the Betawi, an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
   • By the end of the nineteenth century the diverse Indonesian ethnic group shown in the second column of Table I had lost their identity to a new sukubangsa, that of the Batavians… 1967, Lance Castle, “The Ethnic Profile of Djakarta”, in Indonesia, page 156:
3. Someone from the tribe of the Batavi.
4. (archaic, broadly, formal, historical, poetic) Someone from the tribe of the Batavi. ▸ A Dutch person; a Dutchman or Dutchwoman.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Batavians	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (15)

ms orang Betawi (Indonesian ethnic group) · fr betawi (Indonesian ethnic group) · uk бата́вці (Indonesian ethnic group) · ru бата́вка (Indonesian ethnic group) · uk бата́вка (Indonesian ethnic group) · nl Batavier (someone from the tribe of the Batavi) · ru бата́вцы (Indonesian ethnic group) · nl Bataaf (someone from the tribe of the Batavi) · uk бата́вець (Indonesian ethnic group) · nl Betawi (Indonesian ethnic group) · nl Bataviaan (Indonesian ethnic group) · fr batavien (Indonesian ethnic group) · ru бата́вец (Indonesian ethnic group) · nl Batavianen (Indonesian ethnic group) · id orang Betawi (Indonesian ethnic group)