ꦕꦒꦂ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese cagĕr (“to guarantee, to ensure”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *gar, *cgar, *cgaar (“to fence, to enclose”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.ɡar/
  • Rhymes: -ɡar
  • Hyphenation: ca‧gar

Noun

ꦕꦒꦂ (cagar)

  1. preservation

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: cagar (“reserve, preserve”) (semantic loan)

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