ꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦂ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese lontar, rontar, rontal, compound of ron (“leaf”) +‎ tal, tala (“palm”), from Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “palm”). Doublet of ꦫꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦭ꧀ (rontal).

Noun

ꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦂ (lontar)

1. lontar:
   1. the leaf
   2. the palm-leaf manuscript

Descendants

• → English: lontar
• → Indonesian: lontar

Further reading

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