badut

Inherited from Malay badut, ultimately borrowed from Sundanese badud or Javanese badhud, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *baðu.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbadut/ [ˈba.dʊt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -adut
• Syllabification: ba‧dut

badut

1. clown:
   1. a slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig
   2. a person who acts in a silly fashion
   3. a stupid or badly-behaved person
2. (colloquial) jester (a person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court)

   Synonym: alan-alan

• badut on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id

Borrowed from Malay baju, from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”).

badut

1. clothes; blouse; upper garment

Borrowed from Sundanese badud or Javanese badhud, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *baðu.

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈbadot/ [ˈba.dot̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -dot, -ot

• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈbadut/ [ˈba.dut̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -dut, -ut
• Hyphenation: ba‧dut

badut (Jawi spelling بادوت, plural badut-badut or badut²)

1. clown

   Synonym: alan-alan

2. jester

   Synonyms: alan-alan, pelawak

• > Indonesian: badut (inherited)

• "badut" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017