Javanese edit

Other scripts
Carakan ꦲꦉꦥ꧀
Roman arep

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Javanese arĕp, harĕp (wish, desire), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀəp.

Verb edit

ꦲꦉꦥ꧀ (arep)

  1. want
    Synonym: (krama inggil) ꦏꦂꦱ (karsa)

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old Javanese arĕp, harĕp (front), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp. Doublet of ꦲꦝꦼꦥ꧀ (adhep).

Noun edit

ꦲꦉꦥ꧀ (arep)

  1. front

Further reading edit

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