widya

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦶꦢꦾ (widya, “knowledge; body scrub, fragrance”), from Old Javanese widyā (“knowledge, science, learning; learned”), from Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge; science”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwid.ja/, [ˈwit̪̚.ja] Rhymes: -ja Hyphenation: wi‧dya === Noun === widya (plural widya-widya) science Synonym: ilmu pengetahuan ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “widya”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Javanese == === Romanization === widya romanization of ꦮꦶꦢꦾ == Malay == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge”), compare with Javanese ꦮꦶꦢꦾ (widya) and Eastern Cham ꨝꨪꨖꨪ. Popularized as the name of a nationally distributed school magazine in Malaysia from the 1970s to the 1980s. === Noun === widya (plural widya-widya or widya2) (Malaysia, uncommon) science === References ===