wihara

English

Noun

wihara (plural wiharas)

1. Alternative form of vihara (“Buddhist monastery”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese wihara (ꦮꦶꦲꦫ, “monastery”), from Old Javanese wihāra, bihāra, from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “monastery, academy”). Doublet of biara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.ha.ra/
• Hyphenation: wi‧ha‧ra

Noun

wihara

1. (Buddhism) monastery, temple, vihara.

Usage notes

The Indonesian biara is used for non-Buddhist monastery in Indonesian, especially the Christian one. For the Buddhist monastery, Indonesian wihara, which is the cognate and loanword from Javanese, is used instead. This is different from Malay biara which used for all meanings of monastery.

Alternative forms

• vihara

Related terms

• biara

 

Further reading

• “wihara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

wihara

1. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦲꦫ.