bening

Inherited from Malay bening. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈniŋ/ [bəˈniŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: be‧ning

bening (comparative lebih bening, superlative paling bening)

1. clear, transparent
2. transparent

   Synonym: transparan

Borrowed from Bakung [Term?].

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈniŋ/ [bəˈniŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: be‧ning

bening (plural bening-bening)

1. (dialect) baby carrier [since 2024]

• “bening”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Latin benignus.

bening m (feminine singular beningne, masculine plural beningz, feminine plural beningnes)

1. benign; good-doing

   Antonym: maling