wanita

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay wanita, from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ni.ta/

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• Hyphenation: wa‧ni‧ta
• Rhymes: -ita, -ta

Noun

wanita (first-person possessive wanitaku, second-person possessive wanitamu, third-person possessive wanitanya)

1. woman, lady

Coordinate terms

• pria, waria

Derived terms

• kewanitaan
• kewanita-wanitaan

Compounds

• kaum wanita
• teman wanita
• wanita karier
• wanita tunasusila

Further reading

• “wanita” 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

Romanization

wanita

1. Romanization of ꦮꦤꦶꦠ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wanita/
• Rhymes: -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: wa‧ni‧ta

Noun

wanita (Jawi spelling وانيتا, plural wanita-wanita, informal 1st possessive wanitaku, 2nd possessive wanitamu, 3rd possessive wanitanya)

1. a female person; woman, lady

   Synonyms: betina, kaum Hawa, kaum ibu, perempuan, wadun

   Antonym: lelaki

Derived terms

• kewanitaan
• pewanitaan

Compounds

• kaum wanita
• teman wanita
• tuala wanita
• wanita tunasusila

Descendants

• Indonesian: wanita

References

• "wanita" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Further reading

• “wanita” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Anagrams

• tawani

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

Noun

wanita

1. a woman