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Balinese
Romanization
wahana
- Romanization of ᬯᬳᬦ
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦮꦲꦤ (wahana), from Old Javanese wāhana, from Sanskrit वाहन (vāhana), from वह् (vah), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *waźʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of wagon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waˈhana/
- Hyphenation: wa‧ha‧na
Noun
wahana (first-person possessive wahanaku, second-person possessive wahanamu, third-person possessive wahananya)
- vehicle: a conveyance; a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- Synonym: kendaraan
- (obsolete) tool, device
- Synonym: alat
- (figurative) means: an instrument for attaining a purpose
- ride: an amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
- mount (clarification of this definition is needed)
- Synonym: tunggangan
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
wahana
- Romanization of ꦮꦲꦤ
Old Javanese
Noun
wahana
- Alternative spelling of wāhana (“vehicle, conveyance”)