mārdawa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मार्दव (mārdava, “softness, gentleness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.da.wa/
  • Rhymes: -wɔ
  • Hyphenation: mar‧da‧wa

Adjective

mārdawa

  1. gentle, soft
  2. kind
  3. sweet

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦩꦂꦢꦮ (mardawa) (inherited)

Further reading

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