ꦩꦸꦂꦏ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese mūrkha (“infatuated, presumptuous, with unbridled passions, violent, wild, malicious, evil”), from Sanskrit मूर्ख (mūrkha, “stupid, foolish, blockhead”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʊr.kɔ/
  • Rhymes: -kɔ
  • Hyphenation: mur‧ka

Adjective

ꦩꦸꦂꦏ (murka)

  1. selfish
  2. greedy
  3. stupid, foolish
  4. furious

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