ꦮꦫꦤ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese waraṇa (“screen”), from Sanskrit वरण (varaṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.rɔ.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -nɔ
• Hyphenation: wa‧ra‧na

Noun

ꦮꦫꦤ (warana)

1. screen
2. pretext (words used to hide the intention).
3. (literary) representative, substitute

Alternative forms

• ꦮꦿꦤ (wrana)
• ꦫꦤ (rana)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “warana”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN