bangsa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bangsa, Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baŋ.sa/
• Hyphenation: bang‧sa

Noun

bangsa (first-person possessive bangsaku, second-person possessive bangsamu, third-person possessive bangsanya)

1. nation
2. group
3. prestige
4. (archaic) sex: gender.
5. (anthropology) group of human
6. (biology) order: taxonomical classification.

Derived terms

• berbangsa
• berkebangsaan
• kebangsaan
• membangsa
• membangsakan
• sebangsa

 

Related terms

• wangsa

 

Further reading

• “bangsa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). See also wangsa.

Noun

bangsa (plural bangsa-bangsa, informal 1st possessive bangsaku, 2nd possessive bangsamu, 3rd possessive bangsanya)

1. nation

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Pangutaran Sama

Noun

bangsa

1. group