Haji Badar

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Betawi (Indonesia/Jakarta)

Meaning

a Betawi masculine double name combining Haji, the title given to Muslims who have completed the pilgrimage to Mecca, with Badar, an Arabic name meaning full moon and evoking the Battle of Badr, the first great military victory of early Islam; among the Betawi, the Haji title is not merely religious but confers enormous social prestige and community leadership, and names pairing it with a pious Islamic name signal a family's deep commitment to Islamic learning, the performance of religious obligations, and the aspiration to produce sons of moral authority and community standing in the dense urban mosaic of old Batavia

Gender

male