Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Javanese kārya (work to be done, duty; religious performance, feast; enterprise, matter; motive, purpose), from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya, deed). Doublet of ꦏꦼꦂꦗ (kerja).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kar.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ya
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ya

Noun edit

ꦏꦂꦪ (karya)

  1. work, job, opus

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Malay: karya
    • > Indonesian: karya (inherited)

Further reading edit

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “karya”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN