śākhā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sakha"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, branch).

Pronunciation

Noun

śākhā

  1. branch:
    Synonyms: caraṅ, hawis, pādapa, paṅ, śākhā, simpaṅ, wṛkṣaśākhā
    1. the woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
    2. a location of an organization with several locations.
  2. school, subdivision

Derived terms

  • atītawedaśākhā
  • wedaśākhā
  • wṛkṣaśākhā

Further reading

  • "śākhā" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.