rakṣa
Old Javanese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā, “guard”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrakṣa
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- > Javanese: ꦫꦏ꧀ꦱ (raksa, “to guard”) (inherited)
- > Javanese: ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ (reksa, “to guard, to watch over”) (inherited)
- → Indonesian: reksa (“police; guard”)
- → Balinese: ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱ (raksa, “protection, shelter, care”)
Further reading
edit- "rakṣa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.