batik

From Dutch batik, from Javanese ꦧꦜꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik)

• IPA^(key): /bəˈtʰiːk/

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batik (countable and uncountable, plural batiks)

1. A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.

batik (third-person singular simple present batiks, present participle batiking, simple past and past participle batiked)

1. To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.

• Hyphenation: ba‧tik

batik

1. batik; a method of dyeing fabric
2. the fabric that has been dyed this way

batik

1. to dye a fabric using this method

batik

1. pig trap

From Javanese

batik m (uncountable)

1. batik

batik

1. Imperative singular of batiken.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of batiken.

Borrowed from Javanese [Term?].

batik (plural batik-batik, first-person possessive batikku, second-person possessive batikmu, third-person possessive batiknya)

1. batik

batik m (invariable)

1. batik

batik m (plural batiks)

1. Alternative form of batique