pattra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पत्त्र (pattra, “leaf; paper; letter; document; wing; blade”).

Noun

pattra

  1. leaf
  2. petal
  3. wing of a bird
  4. feather
  5. letter
  6. document
  7. any thin plate of metal or gold-leaf

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • mapattra
  • pinattra
  • asipattra
  • baṅśapattra
  • gandhapattra
  • kaṅkapattra
  • sahasrapattra
  • supattra
  • suwalapattra
  • tigapattra
  • tripattra
  • waṅśapattra
  • śatapattra

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦥꦠꦿ (patra) (inherited)
    • → Indonesian: patra

Further reading

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