# warta
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay warta, from Classical Malay ورتا (warta), from Javanese warta (ꦮꦂꦠ), from Old Javanese warta, wṛtta, from Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā). Doublet of warita and berita.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈwarta/ [ˈwar.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -arta
* Syllabification: war‧ta

### Noun

warta (plural warta-warta)
* news
    Synonyms: berita, kabar, (obsolete) warita, (obsolete) uar-uar, (obsolete) urit, (obsolete) urita, (obsolete) wara-wara
* sermon, khutbah
    Synonyms: ceramah, dakwah, khotbah, pidato, syarahan

#### Derived terms

* diwartakan
* mewartakan
* pewarta
* pewartaan
* warta berita
* warta harian
* warta sepekan

### Further reading

* “warta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

warta
* Romanization of ꦮꦂꦠ

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese warta (ꦮꦂꦠ), from Old Javanese warta, wṛtta, from Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā). Doublet of berita.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwarta/ [ˈwar.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -arta, -ta, -a
* Hyphenation: war‧ta

### Noun

warta (Jawi spelling ورتا, plural warta-warta, informal 1st possessive wartaku, 2nd possessive wartamu, 3rd possessive wartanya)
* news
    Synonyms: akhbar, berita, khabar, laporan
* (law, often capitalized and italicized in legislations) gazette (official periodical publication by government)
    Akta ini mula berkuat kuasa pada tarikh yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri melalui pemberitahuan dalam Warta.This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: warta (inherited)

### Verb

warta (Jawi spelling ورتا)
* to inform; to tell
    Synonym: beritahu
* to broadcast
    Synonym: siar

#### Derived terms

* diwartakan
* kewartawanan
* mewartakan
* pewarta
* pewartaan
* wartawan

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: warta (inherited)

### References

* Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 195-196

### Further reading

* “warta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Martuthunira
### Noun

warta
* forehead

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvar.ta/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Podegrodzie) IPA: /ˈvar.ta/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -arta
* Syllabification: war‧ta
* Homophone: Warta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German warte, from Old High German warta, from Proto-West Germanic *wardu, from Proto-Germanic *wardō.

#### Noun

warta f
* watch, guard duty
    Synonyms: czaty, straż, odwach
* sentry, lookout
    Synonym: posterunek

##### Related terms

* wartowniczy
* wartownia
* wartowniczka
* wartownik
* wartować impf

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

warta
* feminine nominative/vocative singular of wart

### Further reading

* warta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* warta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Karol Mátyás (1891) “warta”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 331

## Somali
### Etymology

From Somali “war” (a dugout) plus definite feminine singular ending ‘ta’. Compare the masculine “war” (news, story).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /war.ta/,

### Noun

warta ?
* reservoir
* a dugout that often contains water

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā, “news”). Compare Javanese ꦮꦂꦠ (warta), Malay berita, and Tagalog balita. Doublet of warti and wartos.

### Noun

warta (Sundanese script ᮝᮁᮒ)
* news
    ᮘᮕ ᮙᮂ ᮞᮧᮊ᮪ ᮙᮎ ᮝᮁᮒ ᮓᮤᮔ ᮊᮧᮛᮔ᮪ ᮅᮀᮌᮜ᮪ ᮞᮧᮛᮦ.Bapa mah sok maca warta dina koran unggal soré.Father often reads the news in the newspaper every afternoon.

### Further reading

* Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij