dewana

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay déwana, from Classical Persian دیوَانَه (dēwāna, “mad, insane, crazy”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /deˈwana/ [deˈwa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: de‧wa‧na

Adjective

dèwana (comparative lebih dewana, superlative paling dewana)

  1. (obsolete) madly in love

References

  1. ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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