bengawan

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦼꦔꦮꦤ꧀ (bengawan, “large river”), from Old Javanese baṅawan (“(great) river”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈŋawan/ [bəˈŋa.wan]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Syllabification: be‧nga‧wan

bêngawan (plural bengawan-bengawan)

1. (dialectal) river (large stream which drains a landmass)

   Bengawan Solo ― name of longest river in Jawa island

2. (literary) swamp

   Synonyms: rawa, paya

• (river): sungai: batang, kali, wai

• “bengawan” 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.

bengawan

1. romanization of ꦧꦼꦔꦮꦤ꧀

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦼꦔꦮꦤ꧀ (bengawan).

• IPA^(key): /bə.ŋa.wan/
• Rhymes: -awan

bengawan (Jawi spelling بڠاون, plural bengawan-bengawan)

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

• sungai
• batang air
• wai
• kali (Javanese)
• ci (Sundanese)
• alur
• alir

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