ꦥꦸꦂꦮ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese pūrwa (“beginning, front, eastern”), from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva). Doublet of ꦥꦸꦂꦧ (purba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Standard, Central-Eastern) /pʊr.wɔ/
  • Rhymes: -wɔ
  • Hyphenation: pur‧wa

Noun

ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

  1. beginning
  2. (literary) east, one of compass points
    Synonyms: ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ (timur), ꦮꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (wétan), (literary) ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

Adjective

ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

  1. initial
  2. ancient
  3. (literary) eastern
    Synonyms: ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ (timur), ꦮꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (wétan), (literary) ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

Coordinate terms

compass points (kawi/literary):  [edit]

nurwitri utara narasunya
pascima purwa
kanéya duksina byabya

Derived terms

  • ꦩꦸꦂꦮꦤꦶ (murwani)

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: purwa, purwa-

Further reading

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