wāda

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाद (vāda, “speaking, saying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.da/
• Rhymes: -da
• Homophones: wada, wadha, wādha
• Hyphenation: wā‧da

Noun

wāda

1. dispute, quarrel
2. fault

Derived terms

• amāda
• kawādan
• mawāda
• parawada
• wināda

• curawāda
• mithyawāda
• mṛṣāwāda

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦢ (wada, “to criticise”)

Further reading

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