śūra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शूर (śūra, “strong, powerful, valiant, heroic, brave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Homophones: sura, surā, śūra
  • Hyphenation: śū‧ra

Noun

śūra

  1. champion, hero, valiant man, warrior

Adjective

śūra

  1. brave, heroic, valiant

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦱꦸꦫ (sura) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬰᬹᬭ (sura)

Further reading

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