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Where does “pawana” come from?

pawana (Indonesian) comes from Malay pawana, from Sanskrit पवन — "purifier", wind or the god of wind, breeze, air;...

pawana (Indonesian): wind

Definitions

  1. wind

Ancestry of “pawana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypawanawind
2Sanskritपवन"purifier", wind or the god of wind, breeze, air;...
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