waśa

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, authority, power, control, dominion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.sa/
  • Rhymes: -sa
  • Hyphenation: wa‧śa

Noun

waśa

  1. power, force
  2. dominion

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦮꦱ (wasa)
  • Balinese: ᬯᬰ (wasa, power, authority)

Further reading

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