ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀꧈ ꦠꦔ꧀ꦒꦭ꧀
Pegon
Roman	tanggal

Etymology

From Old Javanese taṅgal (“waxing (of the moon), first half of the lunar month”), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (“unfastened, detached”), refers to the new moon which moon is detached from the night sky.

Noun

ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (tanggal)

1. date (day and month)
2. beginning of the lunar month

Derived terms

• ꦠꦁꦒꦭꦤ꧀ (tanggalan)
• ꦠꦸꦩꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (tumanggal)
• ꦤꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (nanggal)
• ꦥꦤꦁꦒꦭꦤ꧀ (pananggalan)

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: tanggal (semantic loan)

Further reading

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