budi

/ ˈbʊdiː /

noun

1. derogatory,  an old woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of budi¹

C21: Hindi

Example Sentences

"Out of all the disasters in 2025, natural or not, there hasn't been as many dead victims as the ones in Sidoarjo," Budi Irawan, a deputy at the disaster mitigation agency, told a press conference.

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Budi Priana, a small-time Indonesian entrepreneur who spent part of his 20s as a cook in Saudi Arabia, where he learned Arabic, said he first heard of contract marriages three decades ago when Middle Eastern tourists he was showing around asked him for help finding temporary wives.

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Budi, 55, sometimes receives 10% of the dowry for driving and interpreting.

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Listening to her fret over money, her older sister confided that she had been a contract bride and introduced her to Budi, who connected Cahaya to a broker.

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Eventually she called Budi, who spent months pleading for help to the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Jakarta and various Indonesian ministries.

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