purba

From Malay purba, ultimately from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “initial, first”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʊrba]
• Hyphenation: pur‧ba

purba

1. ancient, former

   Synonyms: mula-mula, permulaan, dahulu

• purba-

• “purba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

purba

1. romanization of ꦥꦸꦂꦧ

• prová (Barlavento)

From Portuguese provar.

purba

1. (Sotavento) taste

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Brüser, Martina, dos Reis Santos, André, Lang, Jürgen (2002) Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) : com equivalentes de tradução em alemão e português / Wörterbuch des Kreols der Insel Santiago (Kapverde), →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Borrowed from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva).

purba

1. east, one of compass points

compass points:  ^[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “initial, first”).

purba (Jawi spelling ڤوربا)

1. ancient, former

• Indonesian: purba

• “purba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Portuguese provar and Spanish probar and Kabuverdianu purba.

purba

1. to taste
2. to try, to attempt

Borrowed from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva).

purba

1. east, one of compass points

compass points:  ^[edit]