mañcanagara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Compound of mañca (“functionary, official of high rank”) +‎ nagara (“palace, court; residence; capital; state, realm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɲ.t͡ʃa.na.ˈɡa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: mañ‧ca‧na‧ga‧ra

Noun

mañcanagara

1. governor

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩꦚ꧀ꦕꦤꦒꦫ (mancanagara)
  • → Indonesian: mancanegara

Further reading

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