bangsa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bangsa, Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanĉás (“ceiling beam”).

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)

  1. nation
  2. group
  3. prestige
  4. (archaic) sex: gender.
  5. (anthropology) group of human
  6. (biology) order: taxonomical classification.

Derived terms
  • berbangsa
  • berkebangsaan
  • kebangsaan
  • membangsa
  • membangsakan
  • sebangsa

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanĉás (“ceiling beam”). See also wangsa.

Noun

bangsa (plural bangsa-bangsa, informal first-person possessive bangsaku, informal second-person possessive bangsamu, third-person possessive bangsanya)

  1. nation

Pangutaran Sama

Noun

bangsa

  1. group
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