ꦥꦫꦱ꧀

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ras/
• Rhymes: -ras
• Hyphenation: pa‧ras

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese paras (“trimmed; razor”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paras₁ (“shaved off, made smooth”).

Noun

ꦥꦫꦱ꧀ (paras)

1. (krama inggil) trimmed
2. (krama inggil) razor

Derived terms

• ꦥꦫꦱ꧀ꦱꦸꦕꦶ (paras suci)

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese paras (“rock”). Doublet of ꦥꦝꦱ꧀ (padhas).

Noun

ꦥꦫꦱ꧀ (paras)

1. rock
2. hard soil

Descendants

• → Indonesian: paras

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay paras (“face”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paras₂ (“face, looks, appearance”).

Noun

ꦥꦫꦱ꧀ (paras)

1. face

Further reading

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