abangBahasa Indonesia

brother, beloved, big brother, blood brother, buddy

Less common #7,312 of the corpus · 10.4 per million words · 44,580 occurrences

Noun

A male with the same parents as someone else

English: brother, blood brother

Bahasa: adik, kanda, adinda, kakanda

Used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement

English: brother, comrade

Bahasa: teman, saudara, kawan, bung, ikhwan

A beloved person, used as terms of endearment

English: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love

Bahasa: cinta, sayang, pacar, kekasih, tercinta, buah hati

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3 more noun senses

A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

English: buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick

Bahasa: teman, saudara, sahabat, kawan, konco

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An older brother

English: big brother

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A male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)

English: brother

Bahasa: saudara, ikhwan

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