wadana

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Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

wadana

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦢꦤ.

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit वदन (vadana, “mouth, face”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /wa.da.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation: wa‧da‧na

Noun[edit]

wadana

  1. face, head
  2. chief, head

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Javanese: ꦮꦢꦤ (wadana, “face; mouth; leader; head of an administrative district”), ꦮꦼꦢꦤ (wedana)
    • → Indonesian: wedana (“assistant regent”)

Further reading[edit]

  • "wadana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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