laksana

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese lakṣaṇa (mark, sign; action), from Sanskrit लक्षण (lakṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lak.sa.nə/
  • Rhymes: -anə
  • Hyphenation: lak‧sa‧na

Noun

laksana (Balinese script ᬮᬓ᭄ᬱᬡ)

  1. action
  2. deed

Derived terms

  • kalaksanaang
  • kalaksanain
  • laksanaang
  • laksanaanga
  • laksanain
  • laksanaina
  • malaksana
  • nglaksanaang
  • nglaksanain
  • panglaksana
  • parilaksana

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay laksana, from Sanskrit लक्षण (lakṣaṇa, characteristic, trait).

  • The senses of action, doing, performing are semantic loan from Old Javanese lakṣaṇa (action, doing), from the same Sanskrit word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laksana/
  • Hyphenation: lak‧sa‧na

Noun

laksana (plural laksana-laksana)

  1. (archaic) auspicious sign, deed
  2. (archaeology) the characteristic of a statue
  3. (derivation) action, doing, performing

Derived terms

  • dilaksanakan
  • melaksanakan
  • pelaksana
  • pelaksanaan
  • terlaksana
  • terlaksanakan

Preposition

laksana

  1. (literary) (just) like; similar to
    Synonyms: seperti, bagai, demi

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

laksana

  1. romanization of ꦭꦏ꧀ꦱꦤ