ꦫꦫ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese rara (“girl, maiden”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daRa₂ (“maiden, virgin, unmarried girl”). Doublet of ꦝꦫ (dhara) and ꦢꦫ (dara).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɔ.rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -rɔ
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ra

Noun

ꦫꦫ (rara)

  1. (archaic) girl, maiden

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