dasawarsa

Indonesian

Etymology

From dasa- (“ten”) +‎ warsa (“year”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /dasaˈwarsa/ [da.saˈwar.sa]

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• Rhymes: -arsa
• Syllabification: da‧sa‧war‧sa

Noun

dasawarsa (plural dasawarsa-dasawarsa)

1. decennium, decade (a period of ten years)

   Synonym: dekade

Further reading

• dasawarsa on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “dasawarsa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.