bangsa

Balinese

Romanization

bangsa

1. Romanization of ᬩᬗ᭄ᬲ

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bangsa, from Classical Malay بڠسا (bangsa), from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”). Doublet of wangsa. Cognate of Tagalog bansa (“nation”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋsa/ [ˈbaŋ.sa]

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• Rhymes: -aŋsa
• Syllabification: bang‧sa

Noun

bangsa (plural bangsa-bangsa, first-person possessive bangsaku, second-person possessive bangsamu, third-person possessive bangsanya)

1. group of people, animals, or plants with shared origin and the same characteristic
   1. (politics) nation: community group with shared ancestral-line, custom, language, and history, also had its own sovereignty; community group usually formed due to the sense of unity in terms of national linguistic and cultural in general, and also inhabit specific region on earth

      Synonyms: wangsa, dinasti (“dynasty”)

      bangsa India kuno; bangsa Indonesia kuno; bangsa Mesir kuno ― ancient Indians; ancient Indonesians; ancient Egyptians

      bangsa Mongol adalah masyarakat nomad yang banyak mendiami daerah Mongolia ― Mongols are nomad community predominantly inhabit the region of Mongolia

      saya merupakan seorang yang berbangsa Indonesia, namun saya berkewarganegaraan Belanda ― I'm someone with Indonesian nationality, but I have the Netherlands' citizenship

   2. (archaic) sex.

      anak itu lahir berkelamin bangsa jantan ― that child was born with the male sex

      Synonym: jenis kelamin

   3. (countable, biology, taxonomy) order: taxonomy unit (taxon) between the family and class, also functioned as the umbrella term for family which cognates to one another (in plants, the family names end with -ales, e.g. Zingiberales)

      Synonym: ordo

   4. (rare) race: a group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics.

      Synonym: ras

   5. (obsolete) clan

      Synonyms: klan, marga, wangsa

2. type, kind, sort

   tersedia segala makanan bangsa kue-kue ― there are foods with the type of cakes

3. prestige

   bahasa menunjukkan bangsa ― the language represents (the prestige of) nation

4. (obsolete) highborn, noble

   Synonym: bangsawan

5. (obsolete) dynasty

   Synonyms: wangsa, dinasti

Derived terms

• bangsawan
• berbangsa
• berkebangsaan
• kebangsaan (“nationality”)
• membangsa
• membangsakan
• sebangsa (“a type of, a kind of, sort of”)

 

• bangsa barat
• bangsa berwarna
• bangsa kulit putih
• bangsa murni
• bangsa taneh

 

Related terms

• wangsa

 

Further reading

• “bangsa” 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

bangsa

1. (Indonesian) Romanization of ꦧꦁꦱ

Malay

Etymology

From Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage; bamboo”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). Cognate of Javanese ꦧꦁꦱ (bangsa). Doublet of wangsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baŋ.sa]
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [baŋ.sə]
• Rhymes: -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: bang‧sa

Noun

bangsa (Jawi spelling بڠسا, plural bangsa-bangsa, informal 1st possessive bangsaku, 2nd possessive bangsamu, 3rd possessive bangsanya)

1. A nation; a group of society that is huge and has a shared civilization, custom, art, language, history, tradition, and identity, and also inhabits an area with clear borders.

   bangsa Norway ― nation of Norway

   Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu ― United Nations

2. A race:
   1. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin colour or hair type.

      Synonym: ras

      bangsa Melayu ― Malay race

   2. (uncommon) A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage; an ethnicity or ethnic group.

      Synonyms: kaum, kelompok etnik, puak, suku, ras

      bangsa Minangkabau ― Minangkabau ethnicity

3. A type or kind.

   Synonyms: macam, jenis

4. A gender or sex.

   Synonyms: jantina, jenis kelamin, seks, gender

5. High status or prestige.

   Sesuatu bahasa kehilangan bangsanya hanya apabila tiada lagi penuturnya.

   A language loses its prestige only when it does not have any speakers anymore.

Affixations

• bangsakan
• bangsawan (“aristocrat”)
• berbangsa
• berkebangsaan
• kebangsaan (“national”)
• sebangsa (“of the same nation”)

 

Compounds

• ilmu bangsa

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: bangsa
• → Iban: bansa
• → Mansaka: bansa
• → Maranao: bansa
• → Pangutaran Sama: bangsa
• → Tagalog: bansa (learned)
• → Ternate: bangsa

References

• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 21

Further reading

• “bangsa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Pangutaran Sama

Etymology

From Malay bangsa, from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). Cognate of Tagalog bansa.

Noun

bangsa

1. group

Sundanese

Romanization

bangsa

1. Romanization of ᮘᮀᮞ.

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bangsa, from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”). Cognate of Tagalog bansa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaŋ.sa]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

bangsa

1. nation

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh