bidan

bidan

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽

• IPA^(key): /bi.dan/

bidan (plural bidan-bidan, first-person possessive bidanku, second-person possessive bidanmu, third-person possessive bidannya)

1. midwife

• IPA^(key): /bidan/

bidan (Jawi spelling بيدن‎, plural bidan-bidan, informal first-person possessive bidanku, informal second-person possessive bidanmu, third-person possessive bidannya)

1. Midwife (person who assists women in childbirth)

• dukun beranak
• pengulin

From Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.

bīdan

1. to wait
2. to remain, stay

• antbīdan

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

• “bīdan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-Germanic *bīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːdɑn/

bīdan

1. to wait, to wait for

   He geþyldum bad. He waited patiently.

2. to stay, to remain

   Mere stille bad. The sea remained calm.

• ābīdan
• ġebīdan
• oferbīdan

• bǣdan

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

From Proto-Germanic *bīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).

bīdan

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

• Middle Low German: bîden
  • Low German: bieden