alaṅkara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अलङ्कार, अलंकार (alaṅkāra, alaṃkāra, “an ornament of the sense or the sound”, literally “ornament, decoration”). Compare to Tamil அலங்காரம் (alaṅkāram, “figure of speech”).

Noun

alaṅkara

1. attire, ornament
2. decoration
3. artistic language, tortuous language
4. something amazing or fascinating

Alternative forms

• alĕṅkara
• laṅkara
• lĕṅkara

Derived terms

• alalaṅkaran
• aṅlĕṅkara
• lalaṅkaran
• linaṅkara
• linĕṅkara
• lumĕṅkara
• lĕlĕṅkaran
• pinakālĕṅkara

 

• rakĕt laṅkara
• satwa laṅkara

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦊꦁꦏꦫ (lengkara, “impossible, improbable”)
• → Balinese: ᬍᬗ᭄ᬓᬭ (lengkara, “sentence”)

Further reading

• "alaṅkara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.