sastra
See also: Sastra
Balinese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sastrə/
- Hyphenation: sas‧tra
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Javanese śastra (“arrow; weapon”), from Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastra, “weapon”).
Noun
sastra (Balinese script ᬲᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ)
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “scripture”).
Noun
sastra (Balinese script ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay sastera, from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “scripture”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsastra/ [ˈsas.t̪ra]
- Rhymes: -astra
- Syllabification: sas‧tra
Noun
sastra (plural sastra-sastra)
- literary language
- literature
- Synonyms: kesusasteraan, literatur
- (Hinduism) Shastra; scripture
- (archaic) book of Javanese divination
- Synonyms: pustaka, primbon
- (archaic) letter (character)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- bersastra
- kebersastraan
- kesastraan
- sastra bandingan
- sastra daerah
- sastra dunia
- sastra erotik
- sastra hiburan
- sastra Indonesia
- sastra Indonesia klasik
- sastra klasik
- sastra kontemporer
- sastra lisan
- sastra modern
- sastra nusantara
- sastra otonom
- sastra pelarian
- sastra pengasingan
- sastra pop
- sastra protes
- sastra rakyat
- sastra tebakan
- sastra tulisan
Related terms
Further reading
- “sastra” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
sastra
- romanization of ꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsastɾa/ [ˈsas.t̪ɾa]
- Rhymes: -astɾa
- Syllabification: sas‧tra
Noun
sastra f (plural sastras)
- female equivalent of sastre
Further reading
- “sastre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024