wangsa

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese waṅśa (“lineage, dynasty, posterity”), from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa, “offspring, lineage, collection”). Doublet of bangsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waŋ.sə/
• Rhymes: -aŋsə
• Hyphenation: wang‧sa

Noun

wangsa (Balinese script ᬯᬗ᭄ᬰ)

1. caste

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋsa/ [ˈwaŋ.sa]
• Rhymes: -aŋsa
• Syllabification: wang‧sa

Noun

wangsa (plural wangsa-wangsa)

1. (rare or historical) dynasty

   Synonym: dinasti

2. (obsolete) nation

   Synonym: bangsa

Derived terms

• kewangsaan

Related terms

• bangsa
• parawangsa

Further reading

• “wangsa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

wangsa

1. romanization of ꦮꦁꦱ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa, “offspring, lineage”). Doublet of bangsa.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋsə/ [ˈwaŋ.sə]
  • Rhymes: -aŋsə

• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋsa/ [ˈwaŋ.sa]
  • Rhymes: -aŋsa
• Hyphenation: wang‧sa

Noun

wangsa (Jawi spelling وڠسا, plural wangsa-wangsa or wangsa²)

1. dynasty

   Wangsa Han ― Han Dynasty

   Wangsa Bolkiah ― Bolkiah Dynasty

Descendants

• > Indonesian: wangsa (inherited)

Further reading

• "wangsa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017