ꦒꦂꦮ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦒꦂꦮ
Roman	garwa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡar.wɔ/
• Rhymes: -wɔ
• Hyphenation: gar‧wa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese ghāra (“wife”), from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha, “house, family, wife, assistant”).

Noun

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ​ꦲꦶꦁ​ꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa)
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦧꦺꦴꦗꦺꦴ (bojo)

ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa)

1. spouse

Derived terms

• ꦔ꧀ꦒꦂꦮ (nggarwa)

 

• ꦒꦂꦮꦥꦢ꧀ꦩꦶ (garwa padmi)
• ꦒꦂꦮꦥꦩꦶꦁꦒꦶꦂ (garwa paminggir)
• ꦒꦂꦮꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦶꦭ꧀ (garwa ampil)
• ꦒꦂꦮꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (garwa ampéyan)

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: garwa
• → Sundanese: ᮌᮁᮝ (garwa)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese garwa (“proud, arrogant; infuriated, savage, frenzied”), from Sanskrit गर्व (garva, “pride, arrogance”).

Adjective

ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa) (archaic)

1. grumpy, irritable

Further reading

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