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)
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
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈwindu/ [ˈwin.du]
- Rhymes: -indu
- Syllabification: win‧du
Noun
windu (plural windu-windu)
Derived terms
- berwindu-windu
- winduan
Further reading
- “windu” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
windu
- 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
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.