wahana
Balinese edit
Romanization edit
wahana
- Romanization of ᬯᬳᬦ
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦮꦲꦤ (wahana), from Old Javanese wāhana, from Sanskrit वाहन (vāhana), from वह् (vah), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *waźʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of wagon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wahana (first-person possessive wahanaku, second-person possessive wahanamu, third-person possessive wahananya)
- vehicle: a conveyance; a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- Synonym: kendaraan
- (obsolete) tool, device
- Synonym: alat
- (figurative) means: an instrument for attaining a purpose
- ride: an amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
- mount (clarification of this definition is needed)
- Synonym: tunggangan
Further reading edit
- “wahana” 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 edit
Romanization edit
wahana
- Romanization of ꦮꦲꦤ
Old Javanese edit
Noun edit
wahana
- Alternative spelling of wāhana (“vehicle, conveyance”)