pralaya
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹʌləjə/
Noun
pralaya (plural pralayas)
- (Indian mythology) destruction, apocalypse
- (Hindu cosmology) a period of cosmic inactivity, lasting 4.32 billion years
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦥꦿꦭꦪ (pralaya) or Old Javanese pralaya, from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [praˈla.ja]
- Hyphenation: pra‧la‧ya
Noun
pralaya (plural pralaya-pralaya)
- pralaya,
- destruction
- apocalypse
- Synonym: kiamat
Javanese
Romanization
pralaya
- romanization of ꦥꦿꦭꦪ
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pra.la.ja/
- Rhymes: -ja
- Hyphenation: pra‧la‧ya
Noun
pralaya
Derived terms
- amralayākĕn
- kṛtapralaya
- mahāpralaya
- pralayabhaya
- pralayabāyu
- pralayakāla
- pralayawarāha
- pralayāgni
Descendants
Further reading
- "pralaya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.