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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay déwana, from Classical Persian دیوَانَه (dēwāna, “mad, insane, crazy”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛˈwana/
- Hyphenation: dè‧wa‧na
- Rhymes: -na, -a
Adjective
dèwana
- (archaic) madly in love
References
- ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
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