# bangsa
## Balinese
### Romanization

bangsa
* Romanization of ᬩᬗ᭄ᬲ

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbaŋsa/ [ˈbaŋ.sa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋsa
* Syllabification: bang‧sa

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bangsa, from Classical Malay بڠسا (bangsa), from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”). Doublet of wangsa. Cognate of Tagalog bansa (“nation”).

#### Noun

bangsa (plural bangsa-bangsa)
* a group of people, animals, or plants with shared origin and the same characteristic
** (politics) a nation; a people or folk: group or community with often shared ancestral-lines, custom, language, and history; usually formed due to a sense of unity in terms of national, linguistic, or cultural ties, whilst also typically inhabiting a specific region on earth
    bangsa India kuno; bangsa Indonesia; bangsa Mesir ― The ancient Indians; the Indonesian nation; the Egyptian folk
    Bangsa Mongol adalah masyarakat nomad yang banyak mendiami daerah Mongolia ― The Mongols are a nomadic community predominantly residing in the region of Mongolia
** (archaic) sex
    Anak itu lahir berkelamin bangsa jantan ― That child was born (as) male
    Synonym: jenis kelamin
** (countable, biology, taxonomy) order: a taxonomy unit (taxon) between the family and class, also functioned as the umbrella term for family which cognates to one another (in plants, the family names end with -ales, e.g. Zingiberales)
    Synonym: ordo
** (rare) race: a group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics
    Synonym: ras
** (obsolete) a clan
    Synonyms: klan, marga, wangsa
** (obsolete) a dynasty; a house of noble lineage
    Synonyms: wangsa, dinasti
* (formal, figurative) prestige
    Bahasa menunjukkan bangsa ― Language represents (the prestige of) a nation

##### Derived terms

* bangsawan
* berbangsa
* berkebangsaan
* kebangsaan (“nationality”)
* membangsa
* membangsakan
* sebangsa (“a type of, a kind of, sort of”)
* bangsa barat
* bangsa berwarna
* bangsa kulit putih
* bangsa murni
* bangsa taneh

#### Preposition

bangsa
* (by extension, colloquial) a type of, kind, sort; like
    Synonyms: seperti, kayak, macam
    Tersedia segala makanan bangsa kue-kue dan minuman ― There is a variety of food (of the cake sort) and drinks available

##### Related terms

* wangsa

### Etymology 2

Uncertain, sense perhaps extended from bangsa (preposition) of Etymology 1.

#### Adverb

bangsa
* (colloquial) approximately; about, roughly
    Synonyms: kira-kira, lebih kurang, kurang lebih, sekitar
    Bangsa dua bulan lagi dia akan lulus ― He will graduate in about two months

### Further reading

* “bangsa” 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

bangsa
* (Indonesian) Romanization of ꦧꦁꦱ

## Malay
### Etymology

From Classical Malay بڠسا (bangsa), from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage; bamboo”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). Cognate of Javanese ꦧꦁꦱ (bangsa). Doublet of wangsa.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [baŋ.sə]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -sə, -ə
* (Baku) IPA: [baŋ.sa]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -sa, -a
* Hyphenation: bang‧sa

### Noun

bangsa (Jawi spelling بڠسا, plural bangsa-bangsa, informal 1st possessive bangsaku, 2nd possessive bangsamu, 3rd possessive bangsanya)
* A nation; a group of society that is huge and has a shared civilization, custom, art, language, history, tradition, and identity, and also inhabits an area with clear borders.
    bangsa Norway ― nation of Norway
    Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu ― United Nations
* A race:
** A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin colour or hair type.
    Synonym: ras
    bangsa Melayu ― Malay race
** (uncommon) A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage; an ethnicity or ethnic group.
    Synonyms: kaum, kelompok etnik, puak, suku, ras
    bangsa Minangkabau ― Minangkabau ethnicity
* A type or kind.
    Synonyms: macam, jenis
* A gender or sex.
    Synonyms: jantina, jenis kelamin, seks, gender
* High status or prestige.
    Sesuatu bahasa kehilangan bangsanya hanya apabila tiada lagi penuturnya.A language loses its prestige only when it does not have any speakers anymore.

#### Affixations

* bangsakan
* bangsawan (“aristocrat”)
* berbangsa
* berkebangsaan
* kebangsaan (“national”)
* sebangsa (“of the same nation”)

#### Compounds

* antarabangsa
* ilmu bangsa

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: bangsa
* → Iban: bansa
* → Mansaka: bansa
* → Maranao: bansa
* → Pangutaran Sama: bangsa
* → Tagalog: bansa (learned)
* → Ternate: bangsa

### 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, page 21

### Further reading

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

## Pangutaran Sama
### Etymology

From Malay bangsa, from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). Cognate of Tagalog bansa.

### Noun

bangsa
* group

## Sundanese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Sundanese baṅśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”).

### Noun

bangsa (Sundanese script ᮘᮀᮞ)
* nation
    ᮘᮞ ᮦᮒᮂ ᮎᮤᮎᮤᮦᮛᮔ᮪ ᮘᮀᮞ ― Basa téh cicirén bangsa. ― Language is the nation identity.
* kind; type
    ᮠᮚᮙ᮪ ᮒᮦᮂ ᮞᮘᮀᮞ ᮙᮔᮥᮊ᮪ ― Hayam téh sabangsa manuk. ― A chicken is a type of bird.

## Ternate
### Etymology

From Malay bangsa, from Old Malay vaṃśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”). Cognate of Tagalog bansa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbaŋ.sa]
* Rhymes: -aŋsa

### Noun

bangsa
* nation

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh