bijaksana

Indonesian

Alternative forms

bijak (clipping)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇa) via Malay bijaksana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bi.d͡ʒakˈsa.na/
Hyphenation: bi‧jak‧sa‧na

Adjective

bijaksana (comparative lebih bijaksana, superlative terbijaksana, equative sebijaksana)

wise

Derived terms

kebijaksanaan

Further reading

“bijaksana” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇa, “wise, learned, skillful”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -a

Adjective

bijaksana

wise
Wahai tuan nan bijaksana, silakan tunjukkan jalan nan benar.
O wise one, please show us the right way.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

membijaksanakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
kebijaksanaan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)

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