bañcana

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɲt͡ʃana/

Noun

bañcana

  1. deception, fraud
  2. ruse, cunning, device, beguilement, seduction
  3. trial, ordeal
  4. affliction, calamity
  5. harassment

Alternative forms

  • wañcana

Derived terms

  • amañcana
  • binañcana
  • kabañcana
  • mañcana
  • pamañcanan
  • pambañcana
  • umañcana
  • atibañcana
  • dewabañcana
  • dyūtabañcana
  • mahābañcana
  • māyābañcana
  • parabañcana
  • parbañcana
  • prabañcana
  • sūkṣmabañcana
  • upāyabañcana
  • śatrubañcana

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ (bancana)
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (bancana), ᬩᭂᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (bencana)
  • → Malay: bencana

References

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