Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: adat
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Traditional custom or law, in Islamic parts of Southeast Asia.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of Alesis Digital Audio Tape: a kind of magnetic tape for storing soundtracks.

Example Sentences

"[T]he early-nineteenth-century Padri movement […] was an accelerated programme of religious renewal in West Sumatra, an attempt to cleanse Islam of adat or local customary law and practices."

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay adat, from Classical Persian عادت ('ādat), from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ (ʕawda, “to appertain, to be proper”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: adat, عادت, عَادَة, ع و د

Usage

Inflected Forms

adats (plural)

Questions

What does adat mean?: Traditional custom or law, in Islamic parts of Southeast Asia.
Where does adat come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce adat

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