wadana

Javanese

Romanization

wadana

1. Romanization of ꦮꦢꦤ.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वदन (vadana, “mouth, face”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.da.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: wa‧da‧na

Noun

wadana

1. face, head
2. chief, head

Derived terms

• amadanani

 

• hastiwadana
• jalawadana
• krodhawadana
• praṅwadana
• suwadana

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦢꦤ (wadana, “face; mouth; leader; head of an administrative district”), ꦮꦼꦢꦤ (wedana)
  • → Indonesian: wedana (“assistant regent”)

Further reading

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