wanita

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.ni.ta/

Noun

wanita (plural wanita-wanita, first-person possessive wanitaku, second-person possessive wanitamu, third-person possessive wanitanya)

  1. woman, lady

Coordinate terms


Javanese

Romanization

wanita

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦤꦶꦠ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wanita/
  • Rhymes: -ta, -a
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ni‧ta

Noun

wanita (Jawi spelling وانيتا, plural wanita-wanita, informal first-person possessive wanitaku, informal second-person possessive wanitamu, third-person possessive wanitanya)

  1. a female person; woman, lady
    Synonyms: betina, kaum Hawa, kaum ibu, perempuan, wadun
    Antonym: lelaki

Derived terms

  • kewanitaan
  • pewanitaan

Compounds

References

Further reading

  • "wanita" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (Malay Literary Reference Centre).

Anagrams

  • tawani
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