ꦱꦫꦝꦝꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay serdadu (“soldier”), from Portuguese soldado (“soldier”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ra.ɖa.ɖu/
  • Rhymes: -ɖu
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ra‧dha‧dhu

Noun

ꦱꦫꦝꦝꦸ (saradhadhu)

  1. soldier, troop.
    Synonyms: ꦧꦭ (bala), ꦥꦿꦗꦸꦫꦶꦠ꧀ (prajurit)

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “saradhadhu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.