ꦧꦫ

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -rɔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese bara , bara-bara, babara, baraṅ.

Noun

ꦧꦫ (bara) (krama–ngoko)

1. belt with decoration
2. fish trap

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese bhāra (“weight; heavy, weighty, momentous, significant; burdensome, severe, serious”), from Sanskrit भार (bhāra, “burdern; labour”).

Numeral

ꦧꦫ (bara)

1. (krama–ngoko) hundred million (10⁸)

Noun

ꦧꦫ (bara)

1. (archaic) weight

Adjective

ꦧꦫ (bara)

1. (archaic) necessary

Derived terms

• ꦥꦶꦫꦁꦧꦫ (pirang bara)
• ꦧꦫꦠꦤ꧀ꦧꦫ (bara tan bara)
• ꦧꦫꦧꦫ (bara-bara)

 

Further reading

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