sandiwara

Borrowed from Old Javanese sandhi (“deep, subtle”) +‎ wara/warah (“to say”), reanalyzed as sandi +‎ wara. Developed as a term to replace Dutch toneel between 1942–1945.^[1]

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /sandiˈwara/ [san.diˈwa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: san‧di‧wa‧ra

sandiwara (plural sandiwara-sandiwara)

1. drama, theatrics, play

   Synonyms: drama, komidi bangsawan, teater, tonil

• → Malay: sandiwara

• “sandiwara”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Indonesian sandiwara, from Old Javanese sandhi (“deep, subtle”) +‎ wara/warah (“to say”).

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˌsandiˈwara/ [ˌsan.diˈwa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara, -ra, -a
• Hyphenation: san‧di‧wa‧ra

sandiwara (Jawi spelling سنديوارا, plural sandiwara-sandiwara or sandiwara²)

1. drama, theatrics, play

• "sandiwara" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017