bañcana

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɲt͡ʃana/

Noun

bañcana

1. deception, fraud
2. ruse, cunning, device, beguilement, seduction
3. trial, ordeal
4. affliction, calamity
5. harassment

Alternative forms

• wañcana

Derived terms

• amañcana
• binañcana
• kabañcana
• mañcana
• pamañcanan
• pambañcana
• umañcana

 

• atibañcana
• dewabañcana
• dyūtabañcana
• mahābañcana
• māyābañcana
• parabañcana
• parbañcana
• prabañcana
• sūkṣmabañcana
• upāyabañcana
• śatrubañcana

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ (bancana)
• → Balinese: ᬩᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (bancana), ᬩᭂᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (bencana)
• → Malay: bencana
  • Indonesian: bencana

References

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