mañcanagara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Compound of mañca (“functionary, official of high rank”) +‎ nagara (“palace, court; residence; capital; state, realm”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɲ.t͡ʃa.na.ˈɡa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Hyphenation: mañ‧ca‧na‧ga‧ra

Noun

mañcanagara

  1. governor

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦩꦚ꧀ꦕꦤꦒꦫ (mancanagara)
    • → Indonesian: mancanegara

Further reading

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