pañji

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit पञ्जी (pañjī, register).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɲ.d͡ʒi/
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒi
  • Hyphenation: pañ‧ji

Noun

pañji

  1. name, title
  2. part of the repayment of a debt

Derived terms

  • apañji
  • mapañji
  • mapañji-pañji
  • pañji-pañji

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦶ (panji) (inherited)
    • Malay: panji (banner)
      • > Indonesian: panji (inherited)
      • Tausug: panji
    • Indonesian: panji (a Javanese noble rank; a genre of Indonesian heroic and noble story)

Further reading

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