wihara
English
editNoun
editwihara (plural wiharas)
- Alternative form of vihara (“Buddhist monastery”)
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Javanese wihara (ꦮꦶꦲꦫ, “monastery”), from Old Javanese wihāra, bihāra, from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “monastery, academy”). Doublet of biara.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwihara
Usage notes
editThe 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
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “wihara” 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
editRomanization
editwihara
- Romanization of ꦮꦶꦲꦫ.
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