bedaya
English
Noun
bedaya (plural bedayas)
- Alternative form of bedhaya.
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦼꦝꦪ (bedhaya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bə.ˈda.ja/
- Rhymes: -ja
- Hyphenation: bê‧da‧ya
Noun
bêdaya (plural bedaya-bedaya)
- (dance) bedhaya: a sacred ritual Javanese dance, associated with the royal palaces of Yogyakarta and Surakarta; a performer of this dance
Further reading
- “bedaya”, 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