parwa

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Balinese

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Romanization

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parwa

  1. Romanization of ᬧᬃᬯ

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Javanese parwa (part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic, literally half), from Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, division, section). Doublet of paruh.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈparwa/
  • Hyphenation: par‧wa
  • Rhymes: -wa, -a

Noun

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parwa (plural parwa-parwa, first-person possessive parwaku, second-person possessive parwamu, third-person possessive parwanya)

  1. part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic

Further reading

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, division, section).

Noun

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parwa

  1. half
  2. part (book) of the Mahābhārata epic

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦥꦫꦺꦴ (paro)
    • Indonesian: paro
  • Balinese: ᬧᬭᭀ (paro, half), ᬧᬃᬯ (parwa, part of the Mahābhārata)
  • Indonesian: parwa (learned)
  • Malay: paruh (part)
    • Indonesian: paruh (part)

Further reading

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  • "parwa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.