mūrkha

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मूर्ख (mūrkha, “stupid, foolish, blockhead”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mur.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ka
  • Hyphenation: mur‧ka

Adjective

mūrkha

  1. infatuated, presumptuous
  2. violent, wild
  3. malicious, evil

Derived terms

  • kamūrkhan
  • atimūrkha
  • mahāmūrkha
  • mūrkhatanmaya
  • wimūrkha

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦩꦸꦂꦏ (murka)
  • → Balinese: ᬫᬹᬃᬔ (murka), ᬫᬹᬃᬓ᭄ᬓ (murka), ᬫᬹᬃᬓ (murka)
  • → Malay: murka

Further reading

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