Where does “kawasan” come from?

kawasan (Indonesian) comes from Classical Malay kawasan, from Javanese ꦏꦮꦱꦤ꧀.

kawasan (Indonesian): region: Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural

Definitions

  1. region: Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural

Ancestry of “kawasan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malaykawasan
2Javaneseꦏꦮꦱꦤ꧀

Words derived from “kawasan

Every word from Javanese ꦏꦮꦱꦤ꧀