paksa

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Balinese

Romanization

paksa

  1. Romanization of ᬧᬓ᭄ᬲ

Garo

Etymology

From Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás, from Proto-Indo-European *peg-só-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

paksa

  1. the other side, (of a road, etc.)
  2. half

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay paksa, from Classical Malay paksa, from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás, from Proto-Indo-European *peg-só-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”).

Verb

paksa

  1. infinitive and imperative of memaksa (“to force, to compel”).

Noun

paksa

  1. compulsion.
  2. violence.
    Synonyms: kekerasan, perkosaan
  3. (obsolete) good time.
  4. (obsolete) side, faction.
    Synonyms: pihak, sayap, sisi

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦥꦏ꧀ꦱ (paksa), from Old Javanese pakṣa (“the half of a lunar month”), from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa, “the half of a lunar month”), see previous etymology for continuation.

Noun

paksa

  1. (Java) a unit of time of 15 days.

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás, from Proto-Indo-European *peg-só-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”).

Pronunciation

Verb

paksa (Jawi spelling ڤقسا, used in the form memaksa)

  1. to force, to compel

Noun

paksa (Jawi spelling ڤقسا, plural paksa-paksa, informal 1st possessive paksaku, 2nd possessive paksamu, 3rd possessive paksanya)

  1. compulsion, force
  2. (Classical Malay) good time
  3. (Classical Malay) wing
    Synonym: sayap
  4. (Classical Malay) side, faction
    Synonyms: pihak, sisi

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

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Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa, “matter under discussion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

paksâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃ᜔ᜐ)

  1. subject
  2. topic

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “paksa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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