windu

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese windu (drop; moon; zero; ten, a period of ten years), from Sanskrit विन्दु (vindu), a variant of बिन्दु (bindu, drop, point).

Noun

windu (Balinese script ᬯᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸ)

  1. zero
  2. dot, period, point

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay windu, from Javanese ꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (windu, a period of eight (Javanese) years), from Old Javanese windu (drop; moon; zero; ten, a period of ten years), from Sanskrit विन्दु (vindu), a variant of बिन्दु (bindu, drop, point).

Pronunciation

Noun

windu (plural windu-windu)

  1. a period of eight years

Derived terms

  • berwindu-windu
  • winduan

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

windu

  1. romanization of ꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (a period of eight (Javanese) years)

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विन्दु (vindu), a variant of बिन्दु (bindu, drop, point).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /windu/
  • Rhymes: -indu
  • Hyphenation: win‧du

Noun

windu

  1. drop
  2. moon
    Synonyms: candra, lek, śaśi, soma
  3. zero
  4. ten
  5. decade: a period of ten years

Derived terms

  • winindu
  • antawindu
  • nawawindu
  • saptawindu
  • windu antahṛdi

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (windu, a period of eight (Javanese) years)
    • Indonesian: windu (eight years)
  • Balinese: ᬯᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸ (windu, zero; dot, period, point)

Further reading

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