Alternative forms

• randa

Etymology

From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#JANDACategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#JANDA janda, from SanskritCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit#JANDA रण्डा (raṇḍā, “slut, harlot, widow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒand̪a]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#JANDACategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#JANDA
• Hyphenation: jan‧da

Noun

janda (plural janda-janda)Category:Indonesian lemmas#JANDACategory:Indonesian nouns#JANDACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#JANDACategory:Pages with entries#JANDACategory:Pages with 2 entries#JANDA

1. widow: a woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower
2. divorcée: a divorced woman

Further reading

• “janda”, 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

Etymology

From SanskritCategory:Malay terms borrowed from Sanskrit#JANDACategory:Malay terms derived from Sanskrit#JANDA रण्डा (raṇḍā, “slut, harlot, widow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒanda/Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#JANDA
• Rhymes: -anda, -da, -aCategory:Rhymes:Malay/anda#JANDACategory:Rhymes:Malay/da#JANDACategory:Rhymes:Malay/a#JANDA
• Rhymes: -ndaCategory:Rhymes:Malay/nda#JANDACategory:Rhymes:Malay/nda/2 syllables#JANDA

Noun

janda (Jawi spelling جندا, plural janda-janda or janda²)Category:Malay lemmas#JANDACategory:Malay nouns#JANDACategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#JANDACategory:Pages with entries#JANDACategory:Pages with 2 entries#JANDA

1. widow: a woman whose spouse has died and has not yet remarried

   Synonyms: balu, randa

Further reading

• "janda" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017