ꦮꦫ

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɔrɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese warah (communication, information, report, instruction, teaching), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq.

Noun

ꦮꦫ (wara)

  1. words
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: wara

Etymology 2

From Old Javanese wara (title for girl, literally gift), from Sanskrit वर (vara).

Noun

ꦮꦫ (wara)

  1. (literary) lady
Derived terms
  • ꦮꦫꦏꦮꦸꦫꦶ (warakawuri)

Etymology 3

From Old Javanese wāra (day of the week), from Sanskrit वार (vāra).

Noun

ꦮꦫ (wara)

  1. (literary) day

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “wara”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN