ꦱꦶꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦤ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese siṇḍyan (“allusion”), siṇḍi (“allusion, innuendo”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sinɖɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɖɛn
  • Hyphenation: sin‧dhèn)

Noun

ꦱꦶꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦤ꧀ (sindhèn)

  1. female vocalist at gamelan orchestra.

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: sinden

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