warta

See also: Warta, wartą, and Wartą

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay warta, from Classical Malay ورتا (warta), from Javanese warta (ꦮꦂꦠ), from Old Javanese warta, wṛtta, from Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā). Doublet of warita and berita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwart̪a]
• Hyphenation: war‧ta

Noun

warta (plural warta-warta)

1. news

   Synonyms: berita, info, informasi, kabar, warita, kisah, maklumat, pemberitahuan, pengumuman, siaran, uar-uar, urit, urita, wara-wara

2. sermon, khutbah

   Synonyms: ceramah, dakwah, khotbah, pidato, syarahan

Derived terms

• diwartakan
• mewartakan
• pewarta
• pewartaan

• warta berita
• warta harian
• warta sepekan

Further reading

• “warta” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

warta

1. Romanization of ꦮꦂꦠ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese warta (ꦮꦂꦠ), from Old Javanese warta, wṛtta, from Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā). Doublet of berita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /warta/
• Rhymes: -arta, -ta, -a

Noun

warta (Jawi spelling ورتا, plural warta-warta, informal 1st possessive wartaku, 2nd possessive wartamu, 3rd possessive wartanya)

1. news

   Synonyms: akhbar, berita, khabar, laporan

2. (law, often capitalized and italicized in legislations) gazette (official periodical publication by government)

   Akta ini mula berkuat kuasa pada tarikh yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri melalui pemberitahuan dalam Warta.

   This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

Descendants

• Indonesian: warta

Verb

warta (Jawi spelling ورتا)

1. to inform; to tell

   Synonym: beritahu

2. to broadcast

   Synonym: siar

Derived terms

• diwartakan
• kewartawanan
• mewartakan
• pewarta
• pewartaan
• wartawan

Descendants

• Indonesian: warta

References

• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 195-196

Further reading

• “warta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Martuthunira

Noun

warta

1. forehead

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈvar.ta/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Podegrodzie) IPA^(key): /ˈvar.ta/

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• Rhymes: -arta
• Syllabification: war‧ta
• Homophone: Warta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German warte, from Old High German warta, from Proto-West Germanic *wardu, from Proto-Germanic *wardō.

Noun

warta f

1. watch, guard duty

   Synonyms: czaty, straż, odwach

2. sentry, lookout

   Synonym: posterunek

Declension

Declension of warta

	singular	plural
nominative	warta	warty
genitive	warty	wart
dative	warcie	wartom
accusative	wartę	warty
instrumental	wartą	wartami
locative	warcie	wartach
vocative	warto	warty

Related terms

(adjectives):

• wartowniczy

(nouns):

• wartownia
• wartowniczka
• wartownik

(verbs):

• wartować impf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

warta

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of wart

Further reading

• warta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• warta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Karol Mátyás (1891) “warta”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 331

Somali

Other scripts

Latin		warta
Arabic		ورتا

Etymology

From Somali “war” (a dugout) plus definite feminine singular ending ‘ta’. Compare the masculine “war” (news, story).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /war.ta/, []

Noun

warta ?

1. reservoir
2. a dugout that often contains water

Sundanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā, “news”). Compare Javanese ꦮꦂꦠ (warta), Malay berita, and Tagalog balita. Doublet of warti and wartos.

Noun

warta (Sundanese script ᮝᮁᮒ)

1. news

   ᮘᮕ ᮙᮂ ᮞᮧᮊ᮪ ᮙᮎ ᮝᮁᮒ ᮓᮤᮔ ᮊᮧᮛᮔ᮪ ᮅᮀᮌᮜ᮪ ᮞᮧᮛᮦ.

   Bapa mah sok maca warta dina koran unggal soré.

   Father often reads the news in the newspaper every afternoon.

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij