bencana

Borrowed from Old Javanese bañcana (“deception, fraud; ruse, cunning, device, beguilement, seduction; trial, ordeal; affliction, calamity; harassment”), from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “cheating; fraud; illusion; delusion”).

• IPA^(key): /bəɲt͡ʃanə/
• Rhymes: -anə
• Hyphenation: ben‧ca‧na

bencana (Balinese script ᬩᭂᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ)

1. disaster
2. danger

• bancana

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

From Malay bencana, from Old Javanese bañcana, from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”). Doublet of banci.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bənˈt͡ʃana/ [bəɲˈt͡ʃa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ben‧ca‧na

bêncana (plural bencana-bencana)

1. disaster
2. (archaic) distraction, temptation

   Synonyms: gangguan, godaan

• bentjana (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

• “bencana” 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.

From Old Javanese bañcana, from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /bənˈt͡ʃanə/ [bəɲˈt͡ʃa.nə]
  • Rhymes: -anə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /bənˈt͡ʃana/ [bəɲˈt͡ʃa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ben‧ca‧na

bencana (Jawi spelling بنچان, plural bencana-bencana)

1. calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster

• Indonesian: bencana

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