ꦝꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦝꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀, ꦢꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀
Pegon
Roman	dhusun (standard spelling), dhoesoen (colonial Dutch spelling)

Etymology

From Old Javanese ḍusun (“village, countryside, country district, district, rural, rustic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖʊ.sʊn/

Noun

ꦝꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀ (dhusun)

1. (krama) village, rural, countryside

   Synonym: (ngoko) ꦢꦺꦱ (désa)

2. (government, Indonesian) division of administrative areas in Indonesia which are located under sub-districts or villages

Descendants

• → Indonesian: dusun

Further reading

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