śapatha

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शपथ (śapatha, “oath, vow; swear; scolding, curse; ordeal; reviling, anathema”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.pa.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: śa‧pa‧tha

Noun

śapatha

  1. curse
  2. declaration on oath

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • anapatha
  • anapathani
  • anapathe
  • aśapatha
  • makaśapatha
  • pinaśapathākĕn
  • śinapathan
  • śinapathākĕn

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦱꦥꦠ (sapata), ꦱꦼꦥꦠ (sepata), ꦱꦸꦥꦠ (supata), ꦱꦸꦥꦲꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (supaos) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: sepata

Further reading

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