bañcana
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bañcana
- deception, fraud
- ruse, cunning, device, beguilement, seduction
- trial, ordeal
- affliction, calamity
- harassment
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Javanese: ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ (bancana)
- → Balinese: ᬩᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (bancana), ᬩᭂᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (bencana)
- → Malay: bencana
- Indonesian: bencana
References edit
- "bañcana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.