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bedaya

bedaya is the alternative form of bedhaya.

Meaning of bedhaya

Noun

bedhaya (plural bedhayas)

  1. A sacred ritual Javanese dance, associated with the royal palaces of Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
  2. A performer of this dance.

Forms of bedaya

pluralbedayas

Questions about bedaya

What is bedaya the alternative form of?
Bedaya is the alternative form of bedhaya.

Words near bedaya in the dictionary

  1. bedaw
  2. Bedawi Arabic
  3. bedawin
  4. bedawins
  5. bedaws
  6. bedaya
  7. bedayas
  8. bedaze
  9. bedazed
  10. bedazement
  11. bedazes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bedaya (page history and authors); bedhaya (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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