bangsa

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

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

bangsa (Balinese script ᬩᬗ᭄ᬲ)

1. nation
2. nobility

• “bangsa” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋsa/ [ˈbaŋ.sa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aŋsa
• Syllabification: bang‧sa

Inherited from Malay bangsa, from Classical Malay بڠسا (bangsa), from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”). Doublet of wangsa. Cognate of Tagalog bansa (“nation”).

bangsa (plural bangsa-bangsa)

1. a group of people, animals, or plants with shared origin and the same characteristic
   1. (politics) a nation; a people or folk: group or community with often shared ancestral-lines, custom, language, and history; usually formed due to a sense of unity in terms of national, linguistic, or cultural ties, whilst also typically inhabiting a specific region on earth

      bangsa India kuno; bangsa Indonesia; bangsa Mesir ― The ancient Indians; the Indonesian nation; the Egyptian folk

      Bangsa Mongol adalah masyarakat nomad yang banyak mendiami daerah Mongolia ― The Mongols are a nomadic community predominantly residing in the region of Mongolia

   2. (archaic) sex

      Anak itu lahir berkelamin bangsa jantan ― That child was born (as) male

      Synonym: jenis kelamin

   3. (countable, biology, taxonomy) order: a taxonomy unit (taxon) between the family and class, also functioned as the umbrella term for family which cognates to one another (in plants, the family names end with -ales, e.g. Zingiberales)

      Synonym: ordo

   4. (rare) race: a group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics

      Synonym: ras

   5. (obsolete) a clan

      Synonyms: klan, marga, wangsa

   6. (obsolete) a dynasty; a house of noble lineage

      Synonyms: wangsa, dinasti

2. (formal, figurative) prestige

   Bahasa menunjukkan bangsa ― Language represents (the prestige of) a nation

bangsa

1. (by extension, colloquial) a type of, kind, sort; like

   Synonyms: seperti, kayak, macam

   Tersedia segala makanan bangsa kue-kue dan minuman ― There is a variety of food (of the cake sort) and drinks available

Uncertain, sense perhaps extended from bangsa (preposition) of Etymology 1.

bangsa

1. (colloquial) approximately; about, roughly

   Synonyms: kira-kira, lebih kurang, kurang lebih, sekitar

   Bangsa dua bulan lagi dia akan lulus ― He will graduate in about two months

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

bangsa

1. (Indonesian) romanization of ꦧꦁꦱ

From Classical Malay بڠسا (bangsa), from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage; bamboo”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). Cognate of Javanese ꦧꦁꦱ (bangsa). Doublet of wangsa.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [baŋ.sə]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -sə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [baŋ.sa]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: bang‧sa

bangsa (Jawi spelling بڠسا, plural bangsa-bangsa)

1. A nation; a group of society that is huge and has a shared civilization, custom, art, language, history, tradition, and identity, and also inhabits an area with clear borders.

   bangsa Norway ― nation of Norway

   Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu ― United Nations

2. A race:
   1. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin colour or hair type.

      Synonym: ras

      bangsa Melayu ― Malay race

   2. (uncommon) A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage; an ethnicity or ethnic group.

      Synonyms: kaum, kelompok etnik, puak, suku, ras

      bangsa Minangkabau ― Minangkabau ethnicity

3. A type or kind.

   Synonyms: macam, jenis

4. A gender or sex.

   Synonyms: jantina, jenis kelamin, seks, gender

5. High status or prestige.

   Sesuatu bahasa kehilangan bangsanya hanya apabila tiada lagi penuturnya.

   A language loses its prestige only when it does not have any speakers anymore.

• Indonesian: bangsa
• → Iban: bansa
• → Mansaka: bansa
• → Maranao: bansa
• → Pangutaran Sama: bangsa
• → Tagalog: bansa (learned)
• → Ternate: bangsa

• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 21

• “bangsa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Malay bangsa, from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). Cognate of Tagalog bansa.

bangsa

1. group

Inherited from Old Sundanese baṅśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”).

bangsa (Sundanese script ᮘᮀᮞ)

1. nation

   ᮘᮞ ᮦᮒᮂ ᮎᮤᮎᮤᮦᮛᮔ᮪ ᮘᮀᮞ ― Basa téh cicirén bangsa. ― Language is the nation identity.

2. kind; type

   ᮠᮚᮙ᮪ ᮒᮦᮂ ᮞᮘᮀᮞ ᮙᮔᮥᮊ᮪ ― Hayam téh sabangsa manuk. ― A chicken is a type of bird.

From Malay bangsa, from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”). Cognate of Tagalog bansa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaŋ.sa]
• Rhymes: -aŋsa

bangsa

1. nation

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh