ꦏꦂꦪ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese kārya (“work to be done, duty; religious performance, feast; enterprise, matter; motive, purpose”), from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya, “deed”). Doublet of ꦏꦼꦂꦗ (kerja).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kar.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ya
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ya

Noun

ꦏꦂꦪ (karya)

  1. work, job, opus

Derived terms
  • ꦥꦏꦂꦪꦤ꧀ (pakaryan)
  • ꦩꦏꦂꦪ (makarya)

Descendants
  • → Malay: karya
    • > Indonesian: karya (inherited)

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “karya”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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