pralaya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹʌləjə/

Noun

pralaya (plural pralayas)

  1. (Indian mythology) destruction, apocalypse
  2. (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)

  1. pralaya,
    1. destruction
    2. apocalypse
      Synonym: kiamat

Javanese

Romanization

pralaya

  1. 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

  1. dissolution, reabsorption
  2. annihilation
  3. death

Derived terms

  • amralayākĕn
  • kṛtapralaya
  • mahāpralaya
  • pralayabhaya
  • pralayabāyu
  • pralayakāla
  • pralayawarāha
  • pralayāgni

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦭꦪ (pralaya) (inherited)

Further reading

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