ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦶ
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Javanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Javanese wañci (“timid, shy; character; deceitful”), bañcana, wañcana (“deception, deceitful”), from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦶ (banci)
- a plant whose leaves are used in folk medicines or used as vegetable.
- 1929-10-26, Kajawèn, Balai Pustaka, page 1355-1356:
- Jangan bêning banci punika kenging kangge jampinipun tiyang ingkang gadhah sêsakit padhararan.
- 1929-10-26, Kajawèn, Balai Pustaka, page 1355-1356:
- an effeminate man
- a waria