ꦢꦸꦂꦗꦤ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese durjana (“villain; malicious, wicked”), from Sanskrit दुर्जन (durjana, “malicious, evildoer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dur.d͡ʒɔ.nɔ/
  • Rhymes: -nɔ
  • Hyphenation: dur‧ja‧na

Noun

ꦢꦸꦂꦗꦤ (durjana)

  1. (literary) thief
  2. villain
  3. (krama/ngoko, Classical Javanese) evildoer

Further reading

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