widyā

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge; science”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.dja/
• Rhymes: -dja
• Hyphenation: wi‧dyā

Noun

widyā

1. knowledge
2. science
3. learning

Adjective

widyā

1. learned

Derived terms

• awiwidya
• awiwidyan

 

• awidyā
• lokikawidyā
• saptawidyā
• sarwawidyā
• widyajñāna
• widyasari
• widyābhyāsa
• widyādhana
• widyādikrama
• widyāgocara
• widyājña
• widyākrama
• widyāmada
• widyāsana
• widyātmaka
• widyātmika
• widyāwiṣa
• widyāśīla
• wālawidyā

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦶꦢꦾ (widya) (inherited)

Further reading

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