ꦱꦸꦫ

Javanese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَاشُورَاء (ʕāšūrāʔ, “tenth, tenth day, notably the tenth day of the month Muharram”).

Proper noun

ꦱꦸꦫ (Sura)

1. Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar)
2. Sura (the first month of the Javanese calendar)

Descendants

• → Sundanese: ᮞᮥᮛ (Sura)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

ꦱꦸꦫ (sura)

1. (dialect) completely

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Javanese śūra (“valiant, brave, heroic; valiant man, warrior, champion, hero”), from Sanskrit शूर (śūra, “strong, powerful, valiant, heroic, brave”).

Adjective

ꦱꦸꦫ (sura)

1. (archaic) brave

Etymology 4

Inherited from Old Javanese sura (“god, deity; divine, celestial”), from Sanskrit सुर (sura, “god, divine, deity; idol; thirty-three; sage, learned man; the image of a god, an idol; sun”).

Noun

ꦱꦸꦫ (sura)

1. (archaic) deity
2. (archaic) lion

Etymology 5

Inherited from Old Javanese surā (“spirituous liquor”), from Sanskrit सुरा (surā, “wine, spirituous liquor”).

Noun

ꦱꦸꦫ (sura)

1. (archaic) liquor

Further reading

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