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)

1. science

   Synonym: ilmu pengetahuan

Related terms

• widyaiswara

Further reading

• “widya”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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