wanita

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /waˈnita/ [waˈni.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: wa‧ni‧ta

Noun

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

1. woman; lady

Coordinate terms

• pria, waria

Derived terms

• kewanitaan
• kewanita-wanitaan

Compounds

• kaum wanita
• teman wanita
• wanita karier
• wanita tunasusila

Descendants

• → Malay: wanita

Further reading

• “wanita” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

wanita

1. Romanization of ꦮꦤꦶꦠ

Malay

Etymology

From Indonesian wanita, from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

Pronunciation

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [wa.ni.ta]
• Rhymes: -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: wa‧ni‧ta

Noun

wanita (Jawi spelling وانيتا, plural wanita-wanita, informal 1st possessive wanitaku, 2nd possessive wanitamu, 3rd possessive wanitanya)

1. A female person; woman, lady.

   Synonyms: perempuan, (dialectal) betina, wadun

   Antonym: lelaki

Affixations

• kewanitaan
• pewanitaan

 

Compounds

• kaum wanita
• teman wanita
• tuala wanita
• wanita tunasusila

 

Anagrams

• tawani

References

• "wanita" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Further reading

• “wanita” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.