wisesa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay wisesa, from Javanese ꦮꦶꦱꦺꦱ (wisésa, “authority”), from Old Javanese wiśeṣa (“eminent, excellent; supreme”), from Sanskrit विशेष (viśeṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wiˈsɛsa]
• Hyphenation: wi‧sé‧sa

Noun

wisésa (first-person possessive wisesaku, second-person possessive wisesamu, third-person possessive wisesanya)

1. supreme leader
2. supreme authority

Related terms

• purbawisesa

 

Further reading

• “wisesa” 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.