Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /wa.ni.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ni‧tā

Noun edit

wanitā

  1. woman
  2. wife
    Synonyms: babini, bhāryā, bi, bini, dāra, dayitā, ghāra, ghārapatnī, ghariṇī, jatukrama, karma, kurĕn, kuṭumbī, nārī, patnī, pipiṇḍa, rabi, rayi, sisihan, somah, strī, wadhū, wanitā, wini, yugala

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Javanese: ꦮꦤꦶꦠ (wanita)
  • Balinese: ᬯᬦᬶᬢ (wanita)

References edit

  • "wanitā" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.