ꦮꦶꦢꦾ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese widyā (“knowledge, science, learning; learned”), from Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge; science”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wi.djɔ/
  • Rhymes: -djɔ
  • Hyphenation: wi‧dya

Noun

ꦮꦶꦢꦾ (widya)

  1. know
  2. knowledge
  3. body scrub, fragrance

Proper noun

ꦮꦶꦢꦾ (Widya)

  1. a female given name from Javanese

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: Widya

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “widya”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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