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bagian

Pronunciation: /baˈɡian/

“bagian” is an Indonesian word. Its 15 meanings in English:

noun

  1. piece: a part of a larger whole
  2. a fraction of a whole
  3. a distinct element of something larger
  4. share: especially of a profit
  5. allotment: Something allotted; a portion granted or distributed
  6. ration: a portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group
  7. subdivision; section
  8. duty; responsibility
  9. position or role
  10. the melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece
  11. volume: a part (book) of a publication issued in multi-book format
  12. fate
  13. department
  14. major: the principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university
  15. course: a learning programme, whether a single class or (UK) a major area of study

Etymology

From Malay bagian, a variant of the standard bahagian. Equivalent to bagi + -an. * The sense “duty” is a semantic loan from English part. * The sense “subdivision” is a semantic loan from Dutch sectie. * The sense “fate” is a semantic loan from Arabic نَصِيب (naṣīb, “destiny”, literally “portion”). The superseded spelling bahagian was used as translation of Japanese 部(ぶ) (bu, “department”) during…

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