ācāra

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit आचार (ācāra).

Noun

ācāra

1. conduct, behaviour
2. custom, practice
3. established rule.

Alternative forms

• cara
• cāra

Derived terms

• anācāra
• sācāra

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦕꦫ (acara), ꦕꦫ (cara)
• → Balinese: ᬆᬘᬵᬭ (acara), ᬘᬭ (cara)
• >? Malay: cara
  • > Indonesian: cara (inherited)

Further reading

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