waraṇa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वरण (varaṇa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.ra.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Homophone: wāraṇa
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ra‧ṇa

Noun

waraṇa

  1. screen

Derived terms

  • pamamaranan
  • winaranan
  • āwaraṇa

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦮꦫꦤ (warana, “screen; pretext; representative, substitute”)

Further reading

  • "waraṇa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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