kusuma

See also: küsümä

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦱꦸꦩ (kusuma), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀲𑀼𑀫 (kusuma), from Sanskrit कुसुम (kusuma, “flower, blossom, bud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kusuma/
• Hyphenation: ku‧su‧ma

Noun

kusuma

1. flower

   Synonym: bunga

2. (figurative) beautiful woman or girl
3. (figurative) nobleman

Alternative forms

• kesuma

Derived terms

• kusuma bangsa

 

Further reading

• “kusuma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

kusuma

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦱꦸꦩ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुसुम (kusuma, “flower, blossom, bud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.su.ma/
• Rhymes: -ma
• Hyphenation: ku‧su‧ma

Noun

kusuma

1. flower

Derived terms

• akusuma
• aṅusuma

 

• kusumabhawana
• kusumacāpa
• kusumaparwata
• kusumapādapa
• kusumasañcaya
• kusumasañjata
• kusumasāri
• kusumawarṣa
• kusumawicitra
• kusumawilasita
• kusumaśara
• kusumāstra
• kusumāyudha
• kusumāyudhatantra
• nāgakusuma
• rāgakusuma
• surakusuma

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦸꦱꦸꦩ (kusuma) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: kusuma

Further reading

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