ꦮꦶꦏꦸ
Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Javanese wiku (“holy man, sage; priest; monk, nun, ascetic, anchorite or anchoress, hermit”), from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ꦮꦶꦏꦸ (wiku)
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: wiku
Further reading edit
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “wiku”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN