ꦒꦂꦮ

Javanese
Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦒꦂꦮ
Roman garwa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡar.wɔ/
  • Rhymes: -wɔ
  • Hyphenation: gar‧wa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese ghāra (“wife”), from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha, “house, family, wife, assistant”).

Noun
Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ​ꦲꦶꦁ​ꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa)
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦧꦺꦴꦗꦺꦴ (bojo)

ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa)

  1. spouse
Derived terms
  • ꦔ꧀ꦒꦂꦮ (nggarwa)
  • ꦒꦂꦮꦥꦢ꧀ꦩꦶ (garwa padmi)
  • ꦒꦂꦮꦥꦩꦶꦁꦒꦶꦂ (garwa paminggir)
  • ꦒꦂꦮꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦶꦭ꧀ (garwa ampil)
  • ꦒꦂꦮꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (garwa ampéyan)
Descendants
  • → Indonesian: garwa
  • → Sundanese: ᮌᮁᮝ (garwa)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese garwa (“proud, arrogant; infuriated, savage, frenzied”), from Sanskrit गर्व (garva, “pride, arrogance”).

Adjective

ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa) (archaic)

  1. grumpy, irritable

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