adat

See also: ADAT, adāt, and -ádat

English

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”).

Noun

adat (countable and uncountable, plural adats)

1. Traditional custom or law, in Islamic parts of Southeast Asia. [from 18th c.]
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 254:

     [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.

Anagrams

• TADA, a tad, data, ta-da, tada

Ambonese Malay

Lemma

adat

1. rule
2. custom, habit

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay adat, from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.dɑt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: adat

Noun

adat f or m (plural adats)

1. (countable) a Malay or Indonesian legal tradition
2. (uncountable) adat, traditional Malay law

   Synonym: adatrecht

Derived terms

• adatrecht

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒdɒt]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: adat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

From ad (“to give”) +‎ -at (resultative noun-forming suffix). Compare the derivation of Latin datum (“that which is given”).

Noun

adat (plural adatok)

1. data

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	adat	adatok
accusative	adatot	adatokat
dative	adatnak	adatoknak
instrumental	adattal	adatokkal
causal-final	adatért	adatokért
translative	adattá	adatokká
terminative	adatig	adatokig
essive-formal	adatként	adatokként
essive-modal	adatul	—
inessive	adatban	adatokban
superessive	adaton	adatokon
adessive	adatnál	adatoknál
illative	adatba	adatokba
sublative	adatra	adatokra
allative	adathoz	adatokhoz
elative	adatból	adatokból
delative	adatról	adatokról
ablative	adattól	adatoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	adaté	adatoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	adatéi	adatokéi

Possessive forms of adat
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	adatom	adataim
2nd person sing.	adatod	adataid
3rd person sing.	adata	adatai
1st person plural	adatunk	adataink
2nd person plural	adatotok	adataitok
3rd person plural	adatuk	adataik

Derived terms

• adatol
• adatú

 

Compound words

• adatállomány
• adatbank
• adatbázis
• adatfeldolgozás
• adathalászat
• adathordozó
• adatlap
• adatmennyiség
• adatmentés
• adattárház
• adattárolás
• adattípus
• adattudós
• adatvesztés
• adatvédelem

Etymology 2

ad (“to give”) +‎ -at (causative suffix)

Verb

adat

2. (transitive) causative of ad: to have someone give or to have something given

Conjugation

conjugation of adat

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	adatok	adatsz	adat	adatunk	adattok	adatnak
		Def.	adatom	adatod	adatja	adatjuk	adatjátok	adatják
		2nd-p. o.	adatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	adattam	adattál	adatott	adattunk	adattatok	adattak
		Def.	adattam	adattad	adatta	adattuk	adattátok	adatták
		2nd-p. o.	adattalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. adatni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	adaték	adatál	adata	adatánk	adatátok	adatának
		Def.	adatám	adatád	adatá	adatánk	adatátok	adaták
		2nd-p. o.	adatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. adat vala, adatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	adatandok	adatandasz	adatand	adatandunk	adatandotok	adatandanak
		Def.	adatandom	adatandod	adatandja	adatandjuk	adatandjátok	adatandják
		2nd-p. o.	adatandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	adatnék	adatnál	adatna	adatnánk	adatnátok	adatnának
		Def.	adatnám	adatnád	adatná	adatnánk (or adatnók)	adatnátok	adatnák
		2nd-p. o.	adatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. adatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	adassak	adass or adassál	adasson	adassunk	adassatok	adassanak
		Def.	adassam	adasd or adassad	adassa	adassuk	adassátok	adassák
		2nd-p. o.	adassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. adatott légyen
Infinitive	adatni		adatnom	adatnod	adatnia	adatnunk	adatnotok	adatniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	adatás		adató	adatott	adatandó	adatva (adatván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of adat

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	adathatok	adathatsz	adathat	adathatunk	adathattok	adathatnak
		Def.	adathatom	adathatod	adathatja	adathatjuk	adathatjátok	adathatják
		2nd-p. o.	adathatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	adathattam	adathattál	adathatott	adathattunk	adathattatok	adathattak
		Def.	adathattam	adathattad	adathatta	adathattuk	adathattátok	adathatták
		2nd-p. o.	adathattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	adathaték	adathatál	adathata	adathatánk	adathatátok	adathatának
		Def.	adathatám	adathatád	adathatá	adathatánk	adathatátok	adathaták
		2nd-p. o.	adathatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. adathat vala, adathatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	adathatandok or adatandhatok	adathatandasz or adatandhatsz	adathatand or adatandhat	adathatandunk or adatandhatunk	adathatandotok or adatandhattok	adathatandanak or adatandhatnak
		Def.	adathatandom or adatandhatom	adathatandod or adatandhatod	adathatandja or adatandhatja	adathatandjuk or adatandhatjuk	adathatandjátok or adatandhatjátok	adathatandják or adatandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	adathatandalak or adatandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	adathatnék	adathatnál	adathatna	adathatnánk	adathatnátok	adathatnának
		Def.	adathatnám	adathatnád	adathatná	adathatnánk (or adathatnók)	adathatnátok	adathatnák
		2nd-p. o.	adathatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. adathatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	adathassak	adathass or adathassál	adathasson	adathassunk	adathassatok	adathassanak
		Def.	adathassam	adathasd or adathassad	adathassa	adathassuk	adathassátok	adathassák
		2nd-p. o.	adathassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. adathatott légyen
Inf.	(adathatni)		(adathatnom)	(adathatnod)	(adathatnia)	(adathatnunk)	(adathatnotok)	(adathatniuk)
Positive adjective			adatható	Neg. adj.	adathatatlan	Adv. part.	(adathatva / adathatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• átadat
• beadat
• eladat
• előadat
• feladat
• kiadat
• leadat
• megadat
• ráadat
• visszaadat

Further reading

• (noun, “data”): adat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (verb, causative of “to give”): adat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• adat in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Iban

Etymology

From Malay adat, from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ (ʕawda, “to appurtain, to be proper”).

Noun

adat

1. custom (Frequent repetition of the same act)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dat/

Etymology 1

From Malay adat, from Classical Malay عادة (adat), from Persian عادت ('âdat), from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ (ʕawda, “to appurtain, to be proper”).

Noun

adat (first-person possessive adatku, second-person possessive adatmu, third-person possessive adatnya)

1. tradition

   menurut adat daerah ini

   according to the tradition of this region

2. custom, habit

   dia memiliki adat yang buruk

   he has a bad habit

3. law, rule

Synonyms

• (tradition): tradisi
• (custom, habit): kebiasaan
• (law, rule): peraturan, aturan

Derived terms

• beradat
• mengadatkan
• teradat

 

• adat bilokal
• adat huma
• adat istiadat
• adat kemenakan
• adat matrilineal
• adat matrilokal
• adat neolokal
• adat patrilokal
• adat pemaduan
• adat pemali
• adat pembakaran jenazah
• adat pembiaran jenazah
• adat pembuang

 

Etymology 2

From Betawi adat or Javanese ꦔꦢꦠ꧀ (ngadat, “troublesome”, literally “habit”), cf. the same etymology as above.

Verb

adat (used in the form mengadat or ngadat)

1. (of vehicles, chiefly Jakarta) to stop to work, to have mechanical failure
2. (Betawi) to sulk, to cry

Derived terms

• mengadat

References

• “adat” 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

adat

1. Romanization of ꦲꦢꦠ꧀.

Kalasha

Noun

adat

1. habit, custom, character

Malay

Etymology

From Classical Malay عادة (adat), from Persian عادت ('âdat), from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ (ʕawda, “to appurtain, to be proper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adat/
• Rhymes: -adat, -dat, -at

Noun

adat (Jawi spelling عادت, plural adat-adat, informal 1st possessive adatku, 2nd possessive adatmu, 3rd possessive adatnya)

1. custom (Frequent repetition of the same act)

Descendants

• Indonesian: adat
• → English: adat
• → Dutch: adat
• → Iban: adat
• → Western Cham: عادة (adat)

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Romanization

adat

1. Romanization of ᮃᮓᮒ᮪.

Ternate

Etymology

From the older adati, with word-final vowel deletion. Likely reinforced by Indonesian adat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈdat/

Noun

adat

1. Alternative form of adati

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aːdat]
• Hyphenation: a‧dat

Noun

adat (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. custom

Declension

Declension of adat

	singular	plural
nominative	adat	adatlar
accusative	adady	adatlary
genitive	adadyň	adatlaryň
dative	adada	adatlara
locative	adatda	adatlarda
ablative	adatdan	adatlardan

Western Cham

Alternative forms

• عادة

Etymology

From Malay adat, from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda).

Noun

adat

1. custom; tradition

   ني عادة راسم ݢيتا.

   Ni adat rasam gita.

   This is our tradition.

References

• Abdul Majid Hj. Yunos (2012) Kamus Cam–Melayu [Cham–Malay Dictionary] (in Malay), Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, →ISBN, page 1