bidan

bidan

1. romanization of 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽

From Malay bidan, from Sanskrit विद्वान् (vidvān), विद्वस् (vidvas, “sage, seer”). Doublet of biduan.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbidan/ [ˈbi.dan]
• Rhymes: -idan
• Syllabification: bi‧dan

bidan (plural bidan-bidan)

1. midwife

• → Tetum: bidan

• “bidan”, 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 Prakrit *𑀯𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸𑀡 (*viddāṇa), from Sanskrit विद्वान् (vidvān, “wise man”). Doublet of biduan.

• IPA^(key): /bidan/
• Rhymes: -an

bidan (Jawi spelling بيدن, plural bidan-bidan or bidan²)

1. Midwife (person who assists women in childbirth)

• dukun beranak
• pengulin

• > Indonesian: bidan (inherited)
  • → Tetum: bidan

From Proto-West Germanic *bīdan.

bīdan

1. to wait
2. to remain, stay

• antbīdan

• Middle Dutch: biden
  • Dutch: beiden (obsolete)

• “bīdan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *bīdan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.dɑn/
• Rhymes: -iː.dɑn

bīdan

1. to wait [with genitive ‘for’]
2. to stay, to remain
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Forþon him ġelȳfeð lȳt, sē þe āh līfes wyn ġebiden in burgum, bealosīþa hwōn, wlonc ond wīngāl, hū iċ wēriġ oft in brimlāde bīdan sċeolde.

     At first he believes a little, who has life’s mirth lasted in towns, a little of woes, proud and wine-flown, how weary I oft had to linger on the sea-road.

• ābīdan
• ġebīdan
• oferbīdan
• onbidan

• bǣdan

• Middle English: biden
  • English: bide
  • Scots: byde, bide

From Proto-West Germanic *bīdan.

bīdan

1. to wait for
2. to remain, to stay

• Middle Low German: bîden
  • Low German: bieden

Borrowed from Indonesian bidan (“midwife”).

bidan

1. midwife

   Synonym: parteira

• Catharina Williams-van Klinken (2023), GLOSARIU termu saude ho mediku (Tetun/Ingles) [Tetun/English glossary of health and medical terms] (in Tetum), Dili: Dili Institute of Technology