widya

Javanese

Romanization

widya

1. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦢꦾ

Malay

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge”), compare with Javanese ꦮꦶꦢꦾ (widya) and Eastern Cham ꨝꨪꨖꨪ. Popularized as the name of a nationally distributed school magazine in Malaysia from the 1970s to the 1980s.

Noun

widya (plural widya-widya, informal 1st possessive widyaku, 2nd possessive widyamu, 3rd possessive widyanya)

1. (Malaysia, uncommon) science