Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya, deed).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kar.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ja
  • Hyphenation: kār‧ya

Noun edit

kārya

  1. work to be done, duty
  2. religious performance, feast
  3. enterprise, matter
  4. motive, purpose

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • > Javanese: ꦏꦂꦪ (karya) (inherited)
    • Malay: karya
      • > Indonesian: karya (inherited)
  • Balinese: ᬓᬃᬬ (karya)

Further reading edit

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