widya

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦶꦢꦾ (widya, “knowledge; body scrub, fragrance”), from Old Javanese widyā (“knowledge, science, learning; learned”), from Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge; science”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwid.ja/, [ˈwit̪̚.ja]
• Rhymes: -ja
• Hyphenation: wi‧dya

Noun

widya (plural widya-widya, first-person possessive widyaku, second-person possessive widyamu, third-person possessive widyanya)

1. science

   Synonym: ilmu pengetahuan

Related terms

• widyaiswara

 

Further reading

• “widya” 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

widya

1. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦢꦾ

Malay

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge”), compare with Javanese ꦮꦶꦢꦾ (widya) and Eastern Cham ꨝꨪꨖꨪ. Popularized as the name of a nationally distributed school magazine in Malaysia from the 1970s to the 1980s.

Noun

widya (plural widya-widya, informal 1st possessive widyaku, 2nd possessive widyamu, 3rd possessive widyanya)

1. (Malaysia, uncommon) science