prathama

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रथम (prathamá, “first, primary, original”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pra.ta.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ma
  • Hyphenation: pra‧ta‧ma

Numeral

prathama

  1. first

Noun

prathama

  1. chief
  2. best

Adjective

prathama

  1. firstly
  2. best

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦥꦿꦠꦩ (pratama)
    • → Indonesian: pratama, Pratama
  • → Balinese: ᬧ᭄ᬭᬣᬫ (pratama)

Further reading

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