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Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔ.nɔ/
- Rhymes: -nɔ
- Hyphenation: ga‧na
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Javanese ghana (“cloud”), from Sanskrit घन (ghana, “compact mass or substance”).
Noun
ꦒꦤ (gana)
- cloud
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Javanese gaṇa (“host, group; a kind of demi-god; number; a certain military subdivision”), from Sanskrit गण (gaṇa, “flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series, class (of animate or inanimate beings), body of followers or attendants”).
Noun
ꦒꦤ (gana)
- bee larvae
- fetus
- small statues or dolls
- (Hinduism) troops or classes of inferior deities (especially certain troops of demi-gods considered as Shiva's attendants and under the special superintendence of the god Ganesha)
Further reading
- “gana” in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary , Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special , 2023.