wijaya

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese wijaya (victory, triumph; victorious), from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wi.d͡ʒa.jə/
  • Rhymes: -ajə
  • Hyphenation: wi‧ja‧ya

Verb

wijaya (Balinese script ᬯᬶᬚᬬ)

  1. to be victorious

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya). Doublet of bisai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wiˈd͡ʒaja]
  • Hyphenation: wi‧ja‧ya

Noun

wijaya (plural wijaya-wijaya)

  1. (archaic) victory

Verb

wijaya

  1. (archaic) victory

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

wijaya

  1. romanization of ꦮꦶꦗꦪ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wi.d͡ʒa.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ja
  • Hyphenation: wi‧ja‧ya

Noun

wijaya

  1. victory, triumph

Adjective

wijaya

  1. victorious

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦮꦶꦗꦪ (wijaya)
    • Indonesian: Widjaja, Widjojo, Wijaya, Wijoyo
  • Balinese: ᬯᬶᬚᬬ (wijaya)

Further reading

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