wedana

English

Noun

wedana (plural wedanas)

A district chieftain in Indonesia.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese wedana (ꦮꦼꦢꦤ), wadana (ꦮꦢꦤ), from Old Javanese wadana (“face; chief, head”), from Sanskrit वदन (vadana, “mouth, face”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [wəˈdana]
Hyphenation: wê‧da‧na

Noun

wedana or wêdana

(government) assistant regent.

Derived terms

kewedanaan

Further reading

“wedana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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