athawa

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan	ꦲꦡꦮ
Roman	athawa

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अथवा (athavā, “or”).

Conjunction

athawa

1. or

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦠꦮ (atawa), ꦲꦸꦠꦮ (utawa), ꦲꦸꦠꦮꦶ (utawi)
• → Balinese: ᬅᬣᬯᬵ (atawa, “or”)

References

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