bañcana
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== Old Javanese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /baɲt͡ʃana/
=== Noun ===
bañcana
deception, fraud
ruse, cunning, device, beguilement, seduction
trial, ordeal
affliction, calamity
harassment
==== Alternative forms ====
wañcana
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Javanese: bancana
→ Balinese: bancana, bencana
→ Malay: bencanaIndonesian: bencana
=== References ===
"bañcana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.