wadana

wadana

1. romanization of ꦮꦢꦤ

Borrowed from Sanskrit वदन (vadana, “mouth, face”).

• IPA^(key): /wa.da.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: wa‧da‧na

wadana

1. face, head
2. chief, head

• Javanese: ꦮꦢꦤ (wadana, “face; mouth; leader; head of an administrative district”), ꦮꦼꦢꦤ (wedana)
  • → Indonesian: wedana (“assistant regent”)

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

From Javanese ꦮꦼꦢꦤ (wedana), ꦮꦢꦤ (wadana), from Old Javanese wadana (“face; chief, head”), from Sanskrit वदन (vadana, “mouth, face”).

wadana (Sundanese script ᮝᮓᮔ)

1. (dated, government) head of an administrative district; wedana

   Menak Ki Mas Tanu, nu jadi wadana

   The nobleman Ki Mas Tanu, who became a wedana

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij