waraṇa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वरण (varaṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ra.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Homophone: wāraṇa
• Hyphenation: wa‧ra‧ṇa

Noun

waraṇa

1. screen

Derived terms

• pamamaranan
• winaranan
• āwaraṇa

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦫꦤ (warana, “screen; pretext; representative, substitute”)

Further reading

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