ꦝꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦝꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀,
ꦢꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀
Pegon
Roman dhusun (standard spelling),
dhoesoen (colonial Dutch spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese ḍusun (“village, countryside, country district, district, rural, rustic”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɖʊ.sʊn/

Noun

ꦝꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀ (dhusun)

  1. (krama) village, rural, countryside
    Synonym: (ngoko) ꦢꦺꦱ (désa)
  2. (government, Indonesian) division of administrative areas in Indonesia which are located under sub-districts or villages

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: dusun

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “dhusun”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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