parawangsa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sasak parawangsa. Reanalysed as para +‎ wangsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paraˈwaŋsa]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧wang‧sa

Noun

parawangsa (first-person possessive parawangsaku, second-person possessive parawangsamu, third-person possessive parawangsanya)

1. (dialect, Sasak) an eminent class of people who were descended from village leaders, but not nobles.

Further reading

• “parawangsa” 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.