makuṭa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali makuṭa (“crest, crown, coronet”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

makuṭa

1. crown, diadem, tiara
2. crest

Derived terms

• amakuṭa

 

• makuṭadhara
• makuṭamukha

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦩꦏꦸꦛ (makutha) (inherited)

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀓𑀼𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• मकुट (Devanagari script)
• মকুট (Bengali script)
• මකුට (Sinhalese script)
• မကုဋ or မၵုꩦ (Burmese script)
• มกุฏ or มะกุฏะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨠᩩᨭ (Tai Tham script)
• ມກຸຏ or ມະກຸຏະ (Lao script)
• មកុដ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄇𑄪𑄑 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Modern Tamil முகடு (mukaṭu), Sanskrit मुकुट (mukuṭa, “crown”) (a borrowing).

Noun

makuṭa m

1. crest, crown, coronet

Declension

Declension table of "makuṭa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	makuṭo	makuṭā
Accusative (second)	makuṭaṃ	makuṭe
Instrumental (third)	makuṭena	makuṭehi or makuṭebhi
Dative (fourth)	makuṭassa or makuṭāya or makuṭatthaṃ	makuṭānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	makuṭasmā or makuṭamhā or makuṭā	makuṭehi or makuṭebhi
Genitive (sixth)	makuṭassa	makuṭānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	makuṭasmiṃ or makuṭamhi or makuṭe	makuṭesu
Vocative (calling)	makuṭa	makuṭā

Descendants

• → Burmese: မကိုဋ် (ma.kuit)
• → Burmese: မကုဋ (ma.ku.ta.)
• → Khmer: មកុដ (mĕəʼkot)
• → Lao: ມຸງກຸດ (mung kut)
• → Malay: mahkota
  • Indonesian: mahkota
• → Old Javanese: makuṭa
  • > Javanese: ꦩꦏꦸꦛ (makutha) (inherited)
• → Thai: มงกุฎ (mong-gùt)