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Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of purba- + wisesa, from Javanese ꦥꦸꦂꦧꦮꦶꦱꦺꦱ (purbawisésa, “dominance; power”, literally “prime abundant”), from Old Javanese pūrwa (“prominent; first”) + wiśeṣa (“eminent, excellent; supreme”), from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva) + विशेष (viśeṣa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: pur‧ba‧wi‧sè‧sa
Noun
purbawisèsa
- (dialect) dominance.
- (dialect) power.
Synonyms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
purbawisesa
- Romanization of ꦥꦸꦂꦧꦮꦶꦱꦺꦱ.