ꦮꦫ
Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɔrɔ/
- Rhymes: -ra
- Hyphenation: wa‧ra
Etymology 1
From Old Javanese warah (“communication, information, report, instruction, teaching”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq.
Noun
ꦮꦫ (wara)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: wara
Etymology 2
From Old Javanese wara (“title for girl”, literally “gift”), from Sanskrit वर (vara).
Noun
ꦮꦫ (wara)
- (literary) lady
Derived terms
- ꦮꦫꦏꦮꦸꦫꦶ (warakawuri)
Etymology 3
From Old Javanese wāra (“day of the week”), from Sanskrit वार (vāra).
Noun
ꦮꦫ (wara)
- (literary) day
Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “wara”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN