ꦮꦶꦗꦪ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese wijaya (“victory, triumph; victorious”), from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wi.d͡ʒɔ.jɔ/
  • Rhymes: -jɔ
  • Hyphenation: wi‧ja‧ya

Noun

ꦮꦶꦗꦪ (wijaya)

  1. (literary) victory

Proper noun

ꦮꦶꦗꦪ (Wijaya)

  1. a male given name from Javanese

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: Widjaja, Widjojo, Wijaya, Wijoyo

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “wijaya”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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