wanita

Indonesian

Etymology

FromSanskritवनिता(vanitā).

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

wanita(first-person possessivewanitaku,second-person possessivewanitamu,third-person possessivewanitanya)

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”inKamus 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 ofꦮꦤꦶꦠ

Malay

Etymology

FromIndonesianwanita,fromSanskritवनिता(vanitā).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wanita(Jawi spellingوانيتا,pluralwanita-wanita,informal 1st possessivewanitaku,2nd possessivewanitamu,3rd possessivewanitanya)

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" inKamus Dewan,Fourth Edition,Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,→ISBN,2005.

Further reading

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