waidya

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वैद्य (vaidya, “physician, doctor; expert”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wai̯.dja/
  • Rhymes: -dja
  • Hyphenation: wai‧dya

Noun

waidya

  1. physician, doctor
  2. medicine
    Synonyms: jampi, jampyan, oṣadha, oṣadhi, tamba, tambā, uṣadha, uwat, waidya, wedya

Alternative forms

  • wedya

Derived terms

  • cāturwaidya
  • oṣaḍhawaidya
  • waidyawedika
  • wiwaidya

Further reading

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