ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ꦏꦥ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably borrowed from Dutch beschaafd (“cultured; courteous”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəs.kap/
  • Rhymes: -kap
  • Hyphenation: bes‧kap

Noun

ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ꦏꦥ꧀

  1. Javanese formal men shirt: thick shirts, not folded collars, usually dark in color, but almost always plain.
  • → Indonesian: beskap

Further reading

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