wawancara

Compound of wawan +‎ cara, borrowed from Javanese wawancara (“interview”). Attested before 1952.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /wawanˈt͡ʃara/ [wa.waɲˈt͡ʃa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: wa‧wan‧ca‧ra

wawancara (plural wawancara-wawancara)

1. interview

   Synonyms: interviu, temu bual (Malay), temu duga, wawankata, wawansabda

• “wawancara”, 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

Compound of wawan +‎ cara.

• IPA^(key): /wa.wan.t͡ʃɔ.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -rɔ, -ɔ
• Hyphenation: wa‧wan‧ca‧ra

wawancara

1. interview

• → Indonesian: wawancara

• “wawancara”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.