wihara

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English

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Noun

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wihara (plural wiharas)

  1. Alternative form of vihara (Buddhist monastery)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Javanese wihara (ꦮꦶꦲꦫ, monastery), from Old Javanese wihāra, bihāra, from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, monastery, academy). Doublet of biara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wi.ha.ra/
  • Hyphenation: wi‧ha‧ra

Noun

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wihara

  1. (Buddhism) monastery, temple, vihara.

Usage notes

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The Indonesian biara is used for non-Buddhist monastery in Indonesian, especially the Christian one. For the Buddhist monastery, Indonesian wihara, which is the cognate and loanword from Javanese, is used instead. This is different from Malay biara which used for all meanings of monastery.

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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wihara

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦲꦫ.