Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit आर्य (ārya).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /arja/
  • Rhymes: -ja
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ya

Noun

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ārya

  1. Aryan
  2. honorable, respectable, noble

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦲꦂꦪ (arya), ꦄꦂꦪ (Arya)
  • Balinese: ᬆᬃᬬ (arya)

Further reading

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