garwa

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa, “wife”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡarwa]
  • Hyphenation: gar‧wa

Noun

garwa (plural garwa-garwa)

  1. (dialect) wife
    Synonym: istri

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

garwa

  1. romanization of ꦒꦂꦮ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गर्व (garva, “pride, arrogance”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡar.wa/
  • Rhymes: -wa
  • Hyphenation: gar‧wa

Adjective

garwa

  1. proud
  2. arrogant
  3. infuriated, savage, frenzied

Derived terms

  • kagarwan

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa)

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes {{{le}}}
lemes ka sorangan bojo
lemes ka batur garwa, geureuha, istri, rayi
loma pamajikan
cohag éwé

Etymology

From Javanese ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa, “wife”)

Noun

garwa (Sundanese script ᮌᮁᮝ)

  1. wife
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