wāhana

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाहन (vāhana, “vehicle”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ha.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: wa‧ha‧na

Noun

wāhana

1. vehicle, conveyance
2. carriage
3. chariot
4. wagon
5. horse

   Synonyms: ajaran, ajar-ajaran, aśwa, ghoṭaka, haya, hayah, jaran, kuda, tuṅgaṅan, turaga, turaṅga, turaṅgama, uṇḍakan, wāhana, wāji

6. elephant

   Synonyms: aliman, asti, dipak, dwipa, dwipak, dwipāṅga, dwipendra, dwirada, dwiradarāja, dwirĕge, gaja, gajah, haliman, hasti, ibha, kuñjara, liman, mantĕṅga, mātaṅga, matĕṅga, nāga, pataṅgi, sāmaja, tuṅgaṅan, wāhana, wāraṇa

Alternative forms

• wahana
• wana

Derived terms

• awāhana

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦲꦤ (wahana) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: Wahono
• → Balinese: ᬯᬳᬦ (wahana)

Further reading

• "wāhana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.