māṅsa

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maŋ.sa/
  • Rhymes: -sa
  • Hyphenation: māṅ‧sa

Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *mems-
    Proto-Indo-European *mḗmsder.
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *māmsám
    Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa)bor.
    Old Javanese māṅsa

    Borrowed from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “flesh”).

    Noun

    māṅsa

    1. flesh, meat;
    2. prey, food
    3. carnivore: flesh-eating
    4. consuming, devouring
    Derived terms
    • amāṅsa
    • makamāṅsa
    • mināṅsa
    • hiṅsāmāṅsa
    • kaṣṭamāṅsa
    • māṅsabhakṣa
    • māṅsabhakṣaka
    • māṅsabhakṣaṇa
    • māṅsabhakṣya
    • māṅsaka
    • māṅsapeśī
    • māṅsarasa
    • māṅsawiṣaya
    • naramāṅsa
    • rudhiramāṅsa
    Descendants
    • Javanese: ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)
    • → Balinese: ᬫᬵᬗ᭄ᬲ (mangsa), ᬫᬗ᭄ᬲ (mangsa)

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

    māṅsa

    1. a certain tree

    Further reading

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