bujangga
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
- boedjangga (pre-1947)
- budjangga (pre-1967)
Etymology edit
From Malay bujangga, from Classical Malay bujangga, from Javanese bujangga, from Old Javanese bhujangga.
- A possible corruption of Sanskrit पूजाङ्ग (pūjāṅga) from पूजा (pūjā) + अङ्ग (aṅga); doublet of pujangga.
- A possible corruption of Old Javanese bujaṅ, wujaṅ (“young (unmarried) person”); doublet of bujang. According to van der Kroef (1950), this was happened due to Sanskritization of the Javanese court.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bujangga
References edit
Further reading edit
- “bujangga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.