banyak

See also: bányák and banyák

English

Noun

banyak (plural banyaks)

1. Alternative form of baniak

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• banjak (pre-1967)

Etymology

From Malay banyak, from Classical Malay باڽق, from Old Malay vañak. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription as "vañakña" (current spelling banyaknya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɲaʔ/ [ˈba.ɲaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɲaʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧nyak

Adverb

banyak

1. many
2. a lot

   Terima kasih banyak. ― Thank you very much.

Derived terms

• berbanyak
• kebanyakan
• membanyak
• membanyaki
• membanyakkan
• memperbanyak
• memperbanyakkan
• perbanyakan
• sebanyak
• sebanyak-banyaknya
• terbanyak

Further reading

• “banyak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

banyak

1. Romanization of ꦧꦚꦏ꧀

Malay

Alternative forms

• bnyk (SMS slang)
• bonyok (Natuna)

Etymology

From Classical Malay [Term?].

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (vañak), found in the form vañakña (current spelling banyaknya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɲak/ [ˈba.ɲaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧nyak

Adverb

banyak (Jawi spelling باڽق)

1. many, much, a lot
2. very, excessively

Descendants

• Indonesian: banyak
• → Afrikaans: baie

See also

• ramai

Noun

banyak (Jawi spelling باڽق, plural banyak-banyak, informal 1st possessive banyakku, 2nd possessive banyakmu, 3rd possessive banyaknya)

1. amount

Further reading

• “banyak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.