ジャガタラ

Japanese

Etymology

From Portuguese Jacatra or Dutch Djakarta. Ultimately a corruption of Indonesian Jakarta, from Sanskrit जयकर्ता (jayakartā, “that which causes victory”). Doublet of ジャカルタ.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ジャガタラ [jàgátáráꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑa̠ɡa̠ta̠ɾa̠]

Proper noun

ジャガタラ • (Jagatara) 

  1. (historical) Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period; Jacatra; Batavia.
    ジャガタラ文(ぶみ)
    Jagatara-bumi
    letters from Jacatra

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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