parwa

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Balinese

Romanization

parwa

  1. Romanization of ᬧᬃᬯ

Indonesian

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese parwa (“part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic”, literally “half”), from Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”). Doublet of paruh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈparwa/
  • Hyphenation: par‧wa
  • Rhymes: -wa, -a

Noun

parwa (plural parwa-parwa, first-person possessive parwaku, second-person possessive parwamu, third-person possessive parwanya)

  1. part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”).

Noun

parwa

  1. half
  2. part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦥꦫꦺꦴ (paro)
    • → Indonesian: paro
  • → Balinese: ᬧᬭᭀ (paro, “half”), ᬧᬃᬯ (parwa, “part of the Mahābhārata”)
  • → Indonesian: parwa (learned)
  • → Malay: paruh (“part”)
    • Indonesian: paruh (“part”)

Further reading

  • "parwa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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