wahana

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese wahana (“vehicle, conveyance”), from Sanskrit वाहन (vāhana, “vehicle”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ha.nə/
• Rhymes: -anə
• Hyphenation: wa‧ha‧na

Noun

wahana (Balinese script ᬯᬳᬦ)

1. vehicle, conveyance

Further reading

• “wahana” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦲꦤ (wahana), from Old Javanese wāhana, from Sanskrit वाहन (vāhana), from वह् (vah), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *waźʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of wagon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /waˈhana/ [waˈha.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: wa‧ha‧na

Noun

wahana (plural wahana-wahana)

1. ride (an amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park)
2. (figurative) means (an instrument for attaining a purpose)
3. (rare) vehicle, conveyance

   Synonym: kendaraan

4. (obsolete) tool, device

   Synonym: alat

Further reading

• “wahana” 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

wahana

1. romanization of ꦮꦲꦤ

Old Javanese

Noun

wahana

1. alternative spelling of wāhana (“vehicle, conveyance”)