kusuma

See also: küsümä

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦱꦸꦩ (kusuma), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀲𑀼𑀫 (kusuma), from Sanskrit कुसुम (kusuma, flower, blossom, bud).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kusuma/
  • Hyphenation: ku‧su‧ma

Noun

kusuma

  1. flower
    Synonym: bunga
  2. (figurative) beautiful woman or girl
  3. (figurative) nobleman

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • kusuma bangsa

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kusuma

  1. romanization of ꦏꦸꦱꦸꦩ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुसुम (kusuma, flower, blossom, bud).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.su.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ma
  • Hyphenation: ku‧su‧ma

Noun

kusuma

  1. flower

Derived terms

  • akusuma
  • aṅusuma
  • kusumabhawana
  • kusumacāpa
  • kusumaparwata
  • kusumapādapa
  • kusumasañcaya
  • kusumasañjata
  • kusumasāri
  • kusumawarṣa
  • kusumawicitra
  • kusumawilasita
  • kusumaśara
  • kusumāstra
  • kusumāyudha
  • kusumāyudhatantra
  • nāgakusuma
  • rāgakusuma
  • surakusuma

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦏꦸꦱꦸꦩ (kusuma) (inherited)
    • Indonesian: kusuma

Further reading

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