wādha

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाधा (bādhā, “interruption, obstacle, hardship, disturbance; suffering, pain, injury”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wādha

1. impede, prevent, resist

Alternative forms

• bādha
• wadha

Descendants

• >? Javanese: ꦧꦼꦝꦺꦴ (bedho)
  • → Indonesian: bedo

Further reading

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