gegana

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦼꦒꦤ, ꦒꦒꦤ (gegana, gagana, “atmosphere, sky”), from Old Javanese gagana (“atmosphere, sky, firmament, air”), from Sanskrit गगन (gagana, “atmosphere, sky, firmament, air”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɡana/ [ɡəˈɡa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ge‧ga‧na

gêgana (plural gegana-gegana)

1. (literally) air

   Synonym: udara

2. (literally) cloud

   Synonym: awan

3. something that makes a loud noise or explosion

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay gegana.

• “gegana”, 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

gegana

1. romanization of ꦒꦼꦒꦤ

Borrowed from Pattani Malay [Term?]. Compare ganu.

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɡana/ [ɡəˈɡa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɡanə/ [ɡəˈɡa.nə]
  • Rhymes: -anə
• Hyphenation: ge‧ga‧na

gegana (plural gegana-gegana)

1. (dialectal, obsolete, Kelantan-Pattani) rainbow^[1]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pelangi

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian gegana.