wanita

Indicism, learned borrowing from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

• Displaced native perempuan in most formal and non-scientific context.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /waˈnita/ [waˈni.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: wa‧ni‧ta

wanita (plural wanita-wanita or para wanita)

1. woman; lady

   Coordinate terms: pria, waria

• → Malay: wanita

• “wanita”, 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

wanita

1. romanization of ꦮꦤꦶꦠ

Borrowed from Indonesian wanita, from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /waˈnita/ [waˈni.t̪a]
  • Note: The coda /a/ is uttered in the schwa-variety
• Rhymes: -ita, -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: wa‧ni‧ta

wanita (Jawi spelling وانيتا, plural wanita-wanita or wanita² or para wanita)

1. A female person; woman, lady.

   Synonyms: perempuan, (animals and plants) betina, wadun

   Antonym: lelaki

• “wanita”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN

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

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