bangsa
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bangsa, from Classical Malay بڠسا (bangsa), from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”). Doublet of wangsa. Cognate of Tagalog bansa (“nation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baŋ.sa/
- Hyphenation: bang‧sa
Noun
bangsa (plural bangsa-bangsa, first-person possessive bangsaku, second-person possessive bangsamu, third-person possessive bangsanya)
- group of people, animals, or plants with shared origin and the same characteristic
- (politics) nation: community group with shared ancestral-line, custom, language, and history, also had its own sovereignty; community group usually formed due to the sense of unity in terms of national linguistic and cultural in general, and also inhabit specific region on earth
- Synonyms: wangsa, dinasti (“dynasty”)
- bangsa India kuno; bangsa Indonesia kuno; bangsa Mesir kuno ― ancient Indians; ancient Indonesians; ancient Egyptians
- bangsa Mongol adalah masyarakat nomad yang banyak mendiami daerah Mongolia ― Mongols are nomad community predominantly inhabit the region of Mongolia
- saya merupakan seorang yang berbangsa Indonesia, namun saya berkewarganegaraan Belanda ― I'm someone with Indonesian nationality, but I have the Netherlands' citizenship
- (archaic) sex.
- anak itu lahir berkelamin bangsa jantan ― that child was born with the male sex
- Synonym: jenis kelamin
- (countable, biology, taxonomy) order: taxonomy unit (taxon) between the family and class, also functioned as the umbrella term for family which cognates to one another (in plants, the family names end with -ales, e.g. Zingiberales)
- Synonym: ordo
- (rare) race: a group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics.
- Synonym: ras
- (obsolete) clan
- Synonyms: klan, marga, wangsa
- (politics) nation: community group with shared ancestral-line, custom, language, and history, also had its own sovereignty; community group usually formed due to the sense of unity in terms of national linguistic and cultural in general, and also inhabit specific region on earth
- type, kind, sort
- tersedia segala makanan bangsa kue-kue ― there are foods with the type of cakes
- prestige
- bahasa menunjukkan bangsa ― the language represents (the prestige of) nation
- (obsolete) highborn, noble
- Synonym: bangsawan
- (obsolete) dynasty
- Synonyms: wangsa, dinasti
Derived terms
- bangsawan
- berbangsa
- berkebangsaan
- kebangsaan (“nationality”)
- membangsa
- membangsakan
- sebangsa (“a type of, a kind of, sort of”)
- bangsa barat
- bangsa berwarna
- bangsa kulit putih
- bangsa murni
- bangsa taneh
Related terms
- wangsa
Further reading
- “bangsa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
bangsa
- Romanization of ꦧꦁꦱ
References
- “[ bangsa]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].
Malay
Etymology
From Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). Cognate of Javanese ꦧꦁꦱ (bangsa). Doublet of wangsa.
Noun
bangsa (Jawi spelling بڠسا, plural bangsa-bangsa, informal 1st possessive bangsaku, 2nd possessive bangsamu, 3rd possessive bangsanya)
- (politics) nation: community group with shared ancestral-line, custom, language, and history, also had its own sovereignty; community group usually formed due to the sense of unity in terms of national linguistic and cultural in general, and also inhabit specific region on earth
- (limited) ethnicity
- Synonyms: etnik, kaum
Derived terms
- bangsawan (“aristocrat”)
- berbangsa
- berkebangsaan
- kebangsaan (“national, nationality”)
- membangsa
- membangsakan
- sebangsa (“of the same nation”)
Descendants
- Indonesian: bangsa
- → Iban: bansa
- → Mansaka: bansa
- → Maranao: bansa
- → Pangutaran Sama: bangsa
- → Tagalog: bansa
- → Ternate: bangsa
References
- Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 21
Further reading
- “bangsa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Pangutaran Sama
Etymology
From Malay bangsa, from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). Cognate of Tagalog bansa.
Noun
bangsa
- group
Sundanese
Romanization
bangsa
- Romanization of ᮘᮀᮞ.
Ternate
Etymology
From Malay bangsa, from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”). Cognate of Tagalog bansa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbaŋ.sa]
Noun
bangsa
- nation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh