parwa
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Javanese parwa (“part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic”, literally “half”), from Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”). Doublet of paro and paruh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈparwa/
- Hyphenation: par‧wa
- Rhymes: -wa, -a
Noun
parwa (plural parwa-parwa, first-person possessive parwaku, second-person possessive parwamu, third-person possessive parwanya)
- part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic
Further reading
- “parwa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”).
Noun
parwa
- half
- part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic
Alternative forms
- paro
Derived terms
- amarwa
- amarwani
- aparwa
- kaparwan
- marwa
- parwan
- pinarwa
- pinarwakĕn
- pinarwan
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦥꦫꦺꦴ (paro)
- → Indonesian: parwa (learned)
- → Malay: paruh (“part”)
- Indonesian: paruh (“part”)