Padanja
/id/Source Language: The language or dialect this term originates from (ID).Definition & Context
PronounPronoun
A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse.
Archaic spelling variant of “padanya”, a third-person pronoun meaning to him/her/it or from him/her/it, used in colonial-era Malay and Indonesian writing.
Synonyms & Variants
darinya
Standard form indicating the origin, source, or cause coming from a third party.
kepadanya
A formal form emphasizing direction or objective toward a third party.
pada beliau
A third-person singular pronoun form used to show respect or honor to a respected person.
padanya
The modern standard form referring to someone or something previously mentioned.
sama dia
An informal conversational register variant often used in everyday contexts to replace 'padanya'.
Usage Notes or Etymology
The word padanja is the Van Ophuijsen orthographic rendering of the modern standard form padanya, composed of the preposition pada (at/to/from) and the third-person enclitic -nya. The Van Ophuijsen spelling system, officially adopted in 1901, used the letter j to represent the /y/ sound in Malay. This spelling was prevalent in colonial-era newspapers, legal documents, and Malay literature until it was replaced by the Republican Spelling (1947) and subsequently the Perfected Spelling system (1972).
Real-world Usage
Apa lagi si emak bapa jang berada djaoe dari padanja. (Apalagi si ibu bapak yang berada jauh darinya.)
English Translation
Representative of real-world usage and contextual accuracy.