ꦥꦸꦂꦮ

Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese pūrwa (“beginning, front, eastern”), from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Standard, Central-Eastern) /pʊr.wɔ/
  • Rhymes: -wɔ
  • Hyphenation: pur‧wa

Noun

ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

  1. beginning
  2. (literary) east, one of compass points
    Synonyms: ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ (timur), ꦮꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (wétan), (literary) ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

Adjective

ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

  1. initial
  2. ancient
  3. (literary) eastern
    Synonyms: ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ (timur), ꦮꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (wétan), (literary) ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: purwa, purwa-

See also
  • (compass points)
Ngoko
Basic register
lor kulon lor lor wétan
kulon wétan
kidul kulon kidul kidul wétan
Krama
Polite register
lèr kilèn lèr lèr wétan
kilèn wétan
kidul kilèn kidul kidul wétan
Kawi
Literary terms
nurwitri utara narasunya
pascima purwa
kanéya duksina byabya

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