wastra
Balinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Javanese wastra (“garment, clothes”), from Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra, “clothing, garment”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wástram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wástram, from Proto-Indo-European *wéstrom, *wes- (“to wear”).
Noun
wastra (Balinese script ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: wastra (“traditional fabrics”)
Further reading
- “wastra” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (wastra, “clothing, garment”) and Balinese wastra (“clothes, clothing, cloth”), from Old Javanese wastra (“garment, clothes”), from Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra, “clothing, garment”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wástram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wástram, from Proto-Indo-European *wéstrom, *wes- (“to wear”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈwastra/ [ˈwas.t̪ra]
- Rhymes: -astra
- Syllabification: was‧tra
Noun
wastra (plural wastra-wastra)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “wastra” 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
wastra
- romanization of ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra, “clothing, garment”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wástram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wástram, from Proto-Indo-European *wéstrom, *wes- (“to wear”).
Noun
wastra
Derived terms
- awastra
- makawastra
- mawastra
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (wastra, “clothing, garment”)
- → Indonesian: wastra (“traditional fabrics”)
- → Balinese: wastra (“clothes, clothing, cloth”)
- → Indonesian: wastra (“traditional fabrics”)
Further reading
- "wastra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.