wangsa

Borrowed from Old Javanese waṅśa (“lineage, dynasty, posterity”), from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa, “offspring, lineage, collection”). Doublet of bangsa.

• IPA^(key): /waŋ.sə/
• Rhymes: -aŋsə
• Hyphenation: wang‧sa

wangsa (Balinese script ᬯᬗ᭄ᬰ)

1. caste

From Malay wangsa, Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). Doublet of bangsa.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋsa/ [ˈwaŋ.sa]
• Rhymes: -aŋsa
• Syllabification: wang‧sa

wangsa (plural wangsa-wangsa)

1. (rare) dynasty

   Synonym: dinasti

2. (obsolete) nation

   Synonym: bangsa

• “wangsa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

wangsa

1. romanization of ꦮꦁꦱ

From Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa, “offspring, lineage”). Doublet of bangsa.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋsə/ [ˈwaŋ.sə]
  • Rhymes: -aŋsə

• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋsa/ [ˈwaŋ.sa]
  • Rhymes: -aŋsa
• Hyphenation: wang‧sa

wangsa (Jawi spelling وڠسا, plural wangsa-wangsa)

1. dynasty

   Wangsa Han ― Han Dynasty

   Wangsa Bolkiah ― Bolkiah Dynasty

• > Indonesian: wangsa (inherited)

• “wangsa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.