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bedah

Pronunciation: [bəˈd̪ah]

“bedah” is an Indonesian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. surgery: a procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body
  2. review: a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights

adjective

  1. torn, broken
  2. surgical

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bedah (“cracked; broken; lanced by a surgeon”), from Javanese ꦧꦼꦝꦃ (bedhah, “broken through, ripped open; to be overcome by force”), from Old Javanese bĕḍah (“to break, to burst”).

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