wās
Old Javanese
Etymology
Unknown
- Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *waas (“(to make an) opening, (clear a) path”).
- Probably from Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz, “voice, sound, echo”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c) and Latin vōx.
Pronunciation
Root
wās
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Further reading
- "wās" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.