Where does “mahasiswa” come from?

mahasiswa (Malay) comes from Sanskrit महाशिष्य.

mahasiswa (Malay): university student

Definitions

  1. university student

Ancestry of “mahasiswa”, step by step

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Words derived from “mahasiswa”

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