kencana

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kencana (gold), from Sanskrit काञ्चन (kāñcana, gold), possibly through Pali.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kən.t͡ʃa.na/
  • Hyphenation: kên‧ca‧na

Noun

kêncana

  1. (poetic) gold

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Javanese

Romanization

kencana

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ

Malay

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Etymology

From Sanskrit काञ्चन (kāñcana, gold), possibly through Pali.

Pronunciation

Noun

kencana (Jawi spelling کنچان, informal 1st possessive kencanaku, 2nd possessive kencanamu, 3rd possessive kencananya)

  1. gold (element)

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