tantri

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ (tantri), from Old Javanese tantri, from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra, a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies). Compare to English tantra. Doublet of tentara and tenteram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtantri]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧tri

Noun

tantri

  1. (literature) a prosaic fable from Pancatantra

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

tantri

  1. romanization of ꦠꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra, a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies). Doublet of tantra

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tan.tri/
  • Rhymes: -tri
  • Hyphenation: tan‧tri

Noun

tantri

  1. wire or string of a lute
  2. line, lineage

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦠꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ (tantri)
    • Indonesian: tantri

Further reading

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