ꦮꦫ

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɔrɔ/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: wa‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese warah (“communication, information, report, instruction, teaching”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq.

Noun

ꦮꦫ (wara)

1. words

Derived terms

• ꦩꦫꦩꦫꦏꦺ (maramaraké)
• ꦮꦫꦮꦫ (wara-wara)

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: wara

Etymology 2

From Old Javanese wara (“title for girl”, literally “gift”), from Sanskrit वर (vara).

Noun

ꦮꦫ (wara)

1. (literary) lady

Derived terms

• ꦮꦫꦏꦮꦸꦫꦶ (warakawuri)

 

Etymology 3

From Old Javanese wāra (“day of the week”), from Sanskrit वार (vāra).

Noun

ꦮꦫ (wara)

1. (literary) day

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “wara”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN