Where does “bayan” come from?

bayan (Indonesian) comes from Arabic بَيَان.

bayan (Indonesian): parrot kind of bird

Definitions

  1. parrot kind of bird

Ancestry of “bayan”, step by step

bayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic بَيَان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَيَان

via Malay bayan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybayanparakeet
Every word from Arabic بَيَان