widyaiswara

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge, science, scholarship”) +‎ ईश्वर (īśvara, “master, capable of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /witjaisʋara/
• Hyphenation: wid‧ya‧is‧wa‧ra

Noun

widyaiswara (first-person possessive widyaiswaraku, second-person possessive widyaiswaramu, third-person possessive widyaiswaranya)

1. teacher.

   Synonym: guru

2. (Indonesia) trainer of civil service

Related terms

• widyaprada

 

Further reading

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