prathama

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रथम (prathamá, “first, primary, original”).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

prathama

1. first

Noun

prathama

1. chief
2. best

Adjective

prathama

1. firstly
2. best

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦿꦠꦩ (pratama)
  • → Indonesian: pratama, Pratama
• → Balinese: ᬧ᭄ᬭᬣᬫ (pratama)

Further reading

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