kasturi

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kasturi, from Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī, musk). Doublet of kesturi and seturi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kas.ˈtu.ri/
  • Rhymes: -ri
  • Hyphenation: kas‧tu‧ri

Noun

kasturi (plural kasturi-kasturi)

  1. abelmosk, annual hibiscus, musk mallow (Abelmoschus moschatus)
  2. a mango of species Mangifera casturi, from South Kalimantan
  3. a back-scratcher ginger, or torch ginger, of species Tapeinochilos ananassae, a type of flower from Maluku and New Guinea
  4. a parrot (kind of bird)
    Synonyms: bayan, nuri

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kasturi

  1. romanization of ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦸꦫꦶ

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī).

Noun

kasturi (Jawi spelling کستوري, plural kasturi-kasturi)

  1. musk

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kasturi

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī, musk; castoreum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kas.tu.ri/
  • Rhymes: -ri
  • Hyphenation: kas‧tu‧ri

Noun

kasturi

  1. civet
  2. musk

Derived terms

  • aṅasturi
  • kinasturi
  • makasturi
  • jaṅga gaḍuṅ kasturi
  • jaṅga kasturi
  • sattwa kasturi
  • wiku kasturi

Descendants

Further reading

  • "kasturi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.