ꦮꦫꦤ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese waraṇa (“screen”), from Sanskrit वरण (varaṇa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.rɔ.nɔ/
  • Rhymes: -nɔ
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ra‧na

Noun

ꦮꦫꦤ (warana)

  1. screen
  2. pretext (words used to hide the intention).
  3. (literary) representative, substitute

Alternative forms

Further reading

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