parwa

Balinese

Romanization

parwa

1. Romanization of ᬧᬃᬯ

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese parwa (“part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic”, literally “half”), from Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”). Doublet of paruh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈparwa/
• Hyphenation: par‧wa
• Rhymes: -wa, -a

Noun

parwa (plural parwa-parwa)

1. part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic

Further reading

• “parwa” 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.

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”).

Noun

parwa

1. half
2. part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic

Alternative forms

• paro

Derived terms

• amarwa
• amarwani
• aparwa
• kaparwan
• marwa
• parwan
• pinarwa
• pinarwakĕn
• pinarwan

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦫꦺꦴ (paro)
  • → Indonesian: paro
• → Balinese: ᬧᬭᭀ (paro, “half”), ᬧᬃᬯ (parwa, “part of the Mahābhārata”)
• → Indonesian: parwa (learned)
• → Malay: paruh (“part”)
  • Indonesian: paruh (“part”)

Further reading

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